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 lull.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | endors | I lull | |
| tu | endors | you lull | |
| il / elle / on | endort | he / she / it lullson: we lull / one lulls | |
| nous | endormons | we lull | |
| vous | endormez | you lull | |
| ils / elles | endorment | they lull |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Cette berceuse endort le bébé.
This lullaby lulls the baby to sleep.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai endormi | I lulled | |
| tu | as endormi | you lulled | |
| il / elle / on | a endormi | he / she / it lulledon: we lulled / one lulled | |
| nous | avons endormi | we lulled | |
| vous | avez endormi | you lulled | |
| ils / elles | ont endormi | they lulled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, cette berceuse a endormi le bébé.
Yesterday, this lullaby lulled the baby to sleep.
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’ | endormais | I used to lull | |
| tu | endormais | you used to lull | |
| il / elle / on | endormait | he / she / it used to lullon: we used to lull / one used to lull | |
| nous | endormions | we used to lull | |
| vous | endormiez | you used to lull | |
| ils / elles | endormaient | they used to lull |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, cette berceuse endormait le bébé.
Back then, this lullaby used to lull the baby to sleep.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | endormirai | I will lull | |
| tu | endormiras | you will lull | |
| il / elle / on | endormira | he / she / it will lullon: we will lull / one will lull | |
| nous | endormirons | we will lull | |
| vous | endormirez | you will lull | |
| ils / elles | endormiront | they will lull |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, cette berceuse endormira le bébé.
Later, this lullaby will lull the baby to sleep.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | endormirais | I would lull | |
| tu | endormirais | you would lull | |
| il / elle / on | endormirait | he / she / it would lullon: we would lull / one would lull | |
| nous | endormirions | we would lull | |
| vous | endormiriez | you would lull | |
| ils / elles | endormiraient | they would lull |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Cette berceuse endormirait le bébé.
This lullaby would lull the baby to sleep.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | endorme | (that) I lull | |
| tu | endormes | (that) you lull | |
| il / elle / on | endorme | (that) he / she / it lullson: (that) we lull / one lulls | |
| nous | endormions | (that) we lull | |
| vous | endormiez | (that) you lull | |
| ils / elles | endorment | (that) they lull |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que cette berceuse endorme le bébé.
It is possible that this lullaby lulls the baby to sleep.
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 put to sleep
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