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 bore.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ennuie | I bore | |
| tu | ennuies | you bore | |
| il / elle / on | ennuie | he / she / it boreson: we bore / one bores | |
| nous | ennuyons | we bore | |
| vous | ennuyez | you bore | |
| ils / elles | ennuient | they bore |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le discours ennuie Paul.
The speech bores Paul.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai ennuyé | I bored | |
| tu | as ennuyé | you bored | |
| il / elle / on | a ennuyé | he / she / it boredon: we bored / one bored | |
| nous | avons ennuyé | we bored | |
| vous | avez ennuyé | you bored | |
| ils / elles | ont ennuyé | they bored |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le discours a ennuyé Paul.
Yesterday, the speech bored Paul.
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’ | ennuyais | I used to bore | |
| tu | ennuyais | you used to bore | |
| il / elle / on | ennuyait | he / she / it used to boreon: we used to bore / one used to bore | |
| nous | ennuyions | we used to bore | |
| vous | ennuyiez | you used to bore | |
| ils / elles | ennuyaient | they used to bore |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le discours ennuyait Paul.
Back then, the speech used to bore Paul.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ennuierai | I will bore | |
| tu | ennuieras | you will bore | |
| il / elle / on | ennuiera | he / she / it will boreon: we will bore / one will bore | |
| nous | ennuierons | we will bore | |
| vous | ennuierez | you will bore | |
| ils / elles | ennuieront | they will bore |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le discours ennuiera Paul.
Later, the speech will bore Paul.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ennuierais | I would bore | |
| tu | ennuierais | you would bore | |
| il / elle / on | ennuierait | he / she / it would boreon: we would bore / one would bore | |
| nous | ennuierions | we would bore | |
| vous | ennuieriez | you would bore | |
| ils / elles | ennuieraient | they would bore |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le discours ennuierait Paul.
The speech would bore Paul.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ennuie | (that) I bore | |
| tu | ennuies | (that) you bore | |
| il / elle / on | ennuie | (that) he / she / it boreson: (that) we bore / one bores | |
| nous | ennuyions | (that) we bore | |
| vous | ennuyiez | (that) you bore | |
| ils / elles | ennuient | (that) they bore |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le discours ennuie Paul.
It is possible that the speech bores Paul.
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 afflict with boredom; to bore
- to miss something or someone
- to annoy, bother, trouble
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