Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to take along.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | emporte | I take along | |
| tu | emportes | you take along | |
| il / elle / on | emporte | he / she / it takes alongon: we take along / one takes along | |
| nous | emportons | we take along | |
| vous | emportez | you take along | |
| ils / elles | emportent | they take along |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul emporte un parapluie pour la promenade.
Paul takes along an umbrella for the walk.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai emporté | I took along | |
| tu | as emporté | you took along | |
| il / elle / on | a emporté | he / she / it took alongon: we took along / one took along | |
| nous | avons emporté | we took along | |
| vous | avez emporté | you took along | |
| ils / elles | ont emporté | they took along |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a emporté un parapluie pour la promenade.
Yesterday, Paul took along an umbrella for the walk.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | emportais | I used to take along | |
| tu | emportais | you used to take along | |
| il / elle / on | emportait | he / she / it used to take alongon: we used to take along / one used to take along | |
| nous | emportions | we used to take along | |
| vous | emportiez | you used to take along | |
| ils / elles | emportaient | they used to take along |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul emportait un parapluie pour la promenade.
Back then, Paul used to take along an umbrella for the walk.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | emporterai | I will take along | |
| tu | emporteras | you will take along | |
| il / elle / on | emportera | he / she / it will take alongon: we will take along / one will take along | |
| nous | emporterons | we will take along | |
| vous | emporterez | you will take along | |
| ils / elles | emporteront | they will take along |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul emportera un parapluie pour la promenade.
Later, Paul will take along an umbrella for the walk.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | emporterais | I would take along | |
| tu | emporterais | you would take along | |
| il / elle / on | emporterait | he / she / it would take alongon: we would take along / one would take along | |
| nous | emporterions | we would take along | |
| vous | emporteriez | you would take along | |
| ils / elles | emporteraient | they would take along |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul emporterait un parapluie pour la promenade.
Paul would take along an umbrella for the walk.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | emporte | (that) I take along | |
| tu | emportes | (that) you take along | |
| il / elle / on | emporte | (that) he / she / it takes alongon: (that) we take along / one takes along | |
| nous | emportions | (that) we take along | |
| vous | emportiez | (that) you take along | |
| ils / elles | emportent | (that) they take along |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul emporte un parapluie pour la promenade.
It is possible that Paul takes along an umbrella for the walk.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Meaning & usage
- to take
- to win
- to take away, to blow away, to carry away
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations