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 invade.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | envahis | I invade | |
| tu | envahis | you invade | |
| il / elle / on | envahit | he / she / it invadeson: we invade / one invades | |
| nous | envahissons | we invade | |
| vous | envahissez | you invade | |
| ils / elles | envahissent | they invade |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le lierre envahit le vieux mur.
The ivy invades the old wall.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai envahi | I invaded | |
| tu | as envahi | you invaded | |
| il / elle / on | a envahi | he / she / it invadedon: we invaded / one invaded | |
| nous | avons envahi | we invaded | |
| vous | avez envahi | you invaded | |
| ils / elles | ont envahi | they invaded |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le lierre a envahi le vieux mur.
Yesterday, the ivy invaded the old wall.
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’ | envahissais | I used to invade | |
| tu | envahissais | you used to invade | |
| il / elle / on | envahissait | he / she / it used to invadeon: we used to invade / one used to invade | |
| nous | envahissions | we used to invade | |
| vous | envahissiez | you used to invade | |
| ils / elles | envahissaient | they used to invade |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le lierre envahissait le vieux mur.
Back then, the ivy used to invade the old wall.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | envahirai | I will invade | |
| tu | envahiras | you will invade | |
| il / elle / on | envahira | he / she / it will invadeon: we will invade / one will invade | |
| nous | envahirons | we will invade | |
| vous | envahirez | you will invade | |
| ils / elles | envahiront | they will invade |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le lierre envahira le vieux mur.
Later, the ivy will invade the old wall.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | envahirais | I would invade | |
| tu | envahirais | you would invade | |
| il / elle / on | envahirait | he / she / it would invadeon: we would invade / one would invade | |
| nous | envahirions | we would invade | |
| vous | envahiriez | you would invade | |
| ils / elles | envahiraient | they would invade |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le lierre envahirait le vieux mur.
The ivy would invade the old wall.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | envahisse | (that) I invade | |
| tu | envahisses | (that) you invade | |
| il / elle / on | envahisse | (that) he / she / it invadeson: (that) we invade / one invades | |
| nous | envahissions | (that) we invade | |
| vous | envahissiez | (that) you invade | |
| ils / elles | envahissent | (that) they invade |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le lierre envahisse le vieux mur.
It is possible that the ivy invades the old wall.
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 invade
- to stretch, to overgrow, to fill
- to come over (someone) or wash over (someone), as a feeling
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