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 cash.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | encaisse | I cash | |
| tu | encaisses | you cash | |
| il / elle / on | encaisse | he / she / it casheson: we cash / one cashes | |
| nous | encaissons | we cash | |
| vous | encaissez | you cash | |
| ils / elles | encaissent | they cash |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul encaisse le chèqu’à la banque.
Paul cashes the check at the bank.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai encaissé | I cashed | |
| tu | as encaissé | you cashed | |
| il / elle / on | a encaissé | he / she / it cashedon: we cashed / one cashed | |
| nous | avons encaissé | we cashed | |
| vous | avez encaissé | you cashed | |
| ils / elles | ont encaissé | they cashed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a encaissé le chèqu’à la banque.
Yesterday, Paul cashed the check at the bank.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | encaissais | I used to cash | |
| tu | encaissais | you used to cash | |
| il / elle / on | encaissait | he / she / it used to cashon: we used to cash / one used to cash | |
| nous | encaissions | we used to cash | |
| vous | encaissiez | you used to cash | |
| ils / elles | encaissaient | they used to cash |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul encaissait le chèqu’à la banque.
Back then, Paul used to cash the check at the bank.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | encaisserai | I will cash | |
| tu | encaisseras | you will cash | |
| il / elle / on | encaissera | he / she / it will cashon: we will cash / one will cash | |
| nous | encaisserons | we will cash | |
| vous | encaisserez | you will cash | |
| ils / elles | encaisseront | they will cash |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul encaissera le chèqu’à la banque.
Later, Paul will cash the check at the bank.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | encaisserais | I would cash | |
| tu | encaisserais | you would cash | |
| il / elle / on | encaisserait | he / she / it would cashon: we would cash / one would cash | |
| nous | encaisserions | we would cash | |
| vous | encaisseriez | you would cash | |
| ils / elles | encaisseraient | they would cash |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul encaisserait le chèqu’à la banque.
Paul would cash the check at the bank.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | encaisse | (that) I cash | |
| tu | encaisses | (that) you cash | |
| il / elle / on | encaisse | (that) he / she / it casheson: (that) we cash / one cashes | |
| nous | encaissions | (that) we cash | |
| vous | encaissiez | (that) you cash | |
| ils / elles | encaissent | (that) they cash |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul encaisse le chèqu’à la banque.
It is possible that Paul cashes the check at the bank.
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 collect, to cash
- to let in, concede
- to take
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