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 consider.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | envisage | I consider | |
| tu | envisages | you consider | |
| il / elle / on | envisage | he / she / it considerson: we consider / one considers | |
| nous | envisageons | we consider | |
| vous | envisagez | you consider | |
| ils / elles | envisagent | they consider |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul envisage un voyage en Bretagne.
Paul considers a trip to Brittany.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai envisagé | I considered | |
| tu | as envisagé | you considered | |
| il / elle / on | a envisagé | he / she / it consideredon: we considered / one considered | |
| nous | avons envisagé | we considered | |
| vous | avez envisagé | you considered | |
| ils / elles | ont envisagé | they considered |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a envisagé un voyage en Bretagne.
Yesterday, Paul considered a trip to Brittany.
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’ | envisageais | I used to consider | |
| tu | envisageais | you used to consider | |
| il / elle / on | envisageait | he / she / it used to consideron: we used to consider / one used to consider | |
| nous | envisagions | we used to consider | |
| vous | envisagiez | you used to consider | |
| ils / elles | envisageaient | they used to consider |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul envisageait un voyage en Bretagne.
Back then, Paul used to consider a trip to Brittany.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | envisagerai | I will consider | |
| tu | envisageras | you will consider | |
| il / elle / on | envisagera | he / she / it will consideron: we will consider / one will consider | |
| nous | envisagerons | we will consider | |
| vous | envisagerez | you will consider | |
| ils / elles | envisageront | they will consider |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul envisagera un voyage en Bretagne.
Later, Paul will consider a trip to Brittany.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | envisagerais | I would consider | |
| tu | envisagerais | you would consider | |
| il / elle / on | envisagerait | he / she / it would consideron: we would consider / one would consider | |
| nous | envisagerions | we would consider | |
| vous | envisageriez | you would consider | |
| ils / elles | envisageraient | they would consider |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul envisagerait un voyage en Bretagne.
Paul would consider a trip to Brittany.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | envisage | (that) I consider | |
| tu | envisages | (that) you consider | |
| il / elle / on | envisage | (that) he / she / it considerson: (that) we consider / one considers | |
| nous | envisagions | (that) we consider | |
| vous | envisagiez | (that) you consider | |
| ils / elles | envisagent | (that) they consider |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul envisage un voyage en Bretagne.
It is possible that Paul considers a trip to Brittany.
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 envisage; to contemplate
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