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 generate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | engendre | I generate | |
| tu | engendres | you generate | |
| il / elle / on | engendre | he / she / it generateson: we generate / one generates | |
| nous | engendrons | we generate | |
| vous | engendrez | you generate | |
| ils / elles | engendrent | they generate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le projet engendre de nouveaux emplois.
The project generates new jobs.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai engendré | I generated | |
| tu | as engendré | you generated | |
| il / elle / on | a engendré | he / she / it generatedon: we generated / one generated | |
| nous | avons engendré | we generated | |
| vous | avez engendré | you generated | |
| ils / elles | ont engendré | they generated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le projet a engendré de nouveaux emplois.
Yesterday, the project generated new jobs.
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’ | engendrais | I used to generate | |
| tu | engendrais | you used to generate | |
| il / elle / on | engendrait | he / she / it used to generateon: we used to generate / one used to generate | |
| nous | engendrions | we used to generate | |
| vous | engendriez | you used to generate | |
| ils / elles | engendraient | they used to generate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le projet engendrait de nouveaux emplois.
Back then, the project used to generate new jobs.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | engendrerai | I will generate | |
| tu | engendreras | you will generate | |
| il / elle / on | engendrera | he / she / it will generateon: we will generate / one will generate | |
| nous | engendrerons | we will generate | |
| vous | engendrerez | you will generate | |
| ils / elles | engendreront | they will generate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le projet engendrera de nouveaux emplois.
Later, the project will generate new jobs.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | engendrerais | I would generate | |
| tu | engendrerais | you would generate | |
| il / elle / on | engendrerait | he / she / it would generateon: we would generate / one would generate | |
| nous | engendrerions | we would generate | |
| vous | engendreriez | you would generate | |
| ils / elles | engendreraient | they would generate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le projet engendrerait de nouveaux emplois.
The project would generate new jobs.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | engendre | (that) I generate | |
| tu | engendres | (that) you generate | |
| il / elle / on | engendre | (that) he / she / it generateson: (that) we generate / one generates | |
| nous | engendrions | (that) we generate | |
| vous | engendriez | (that) you generate | |
| ils / elles | engendrent | (that) they generate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le projet engendre de nouveaux emplois.
It is possible that the project generates new jobs.
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 generate, spawn, beget
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