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 train.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | entraîne | I train | |
| tu | entraînes | you train | |
| il / elle / on | entraîne | he / she / it trainson: we train / one trains | |
| nous | entraînons | we train | |
| vous | entraînez | you train | |
| ils / elles | entraînent | they train |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul entraîne une équipe de football.
Paul trains a soccer team.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai entraîné | I trained | |
| tu | as entraîné | you trained | |
| il / elle / on | a entraîné | he / she / it trainedon: we trained / one trained | |
| nous | avons entraîné | we trained | |
| vous | avez entraîné | you trained | |
| ils / elles | ont entraîné | they trained |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a entraîné une équipe de football.
Yesterday, Paul trained a soccer team.
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’ | entraînais | I used to train | |
| tu | entraînais | you used to train | |
| il / elle / on | entraînait | he / she / it used to trainon: we used to train / one used to train | |
| nous | entraînions | we used to train | |
| vous | entraîniez | you used to train | |
| ils / elles | entraînaient | they used to train |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul entraînait une équipe de football.
Back then, Paul used to train a soccer team.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | entraînerai | I will train | |
| tu | entraîneras | you will train | |
| il / elle / on | entraînera | he / she / it will trainon: we will train / one will train | |
| nous | entraînerons | we will train | |
| vous | entraînerez | you will train | |
| ils / elles | entraîneront | they will train |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul entraînera une équipe de football.
Later, Paul will train a soccer team.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | entraînerais | I would train | |
| tu | entraînerais | you would train | |
| il / elle / on | entraînerait | he / she / it would trainon: we would train / one would train | |
| nous | entraînerions | we would train | |
| vous | entraîneriez | you would train | |
| ils / elles | entraîneraient | they would train |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul entraînerait une équipe de football.
Paul would train a soccer team.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | entraîne | (that) I train | |
| tu | entraînes | (that) you train | |
| il / elle / on | entraîne | (that) he / she / it trainson: (that) we train / one trains | |
| nous | entraînions | (that) we train | |
| vous | entraîniez | (that) you train | |
| ils / elles | entraînent | (that) they train |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul entraîne une équipe de football.
It is possible that Paul trains a soccer team.
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 coach, to train
- to carry, pull, drive
- to drag (along)
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