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 eradicate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | éradique | I eradicate | |
| tu | éradiques | you eradicate | |
| il / elle / on | éradique | he / she / it eradicateson: we eradicate / one eradicates | |
| nous | éradiquons | we eradicate | |
| vous | éradiquez | you eradicate | |
| ils / elles | éradiquent | they eradicate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul éradique une plante envahissante du jardin.
Paul eradicates an invasive plant from the garden.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai éradiqué | I eradicated | |
| tu | as éradiqué | you eradicated | |
| il / elle / on | a éradiqué | he / she / it eradicatedon: we eradicated / one eradicated | |
| nous | avons éradiqué | we eradicated | |
| vous | avez éradiqué | you eradicated | |
| ils / elles | ont éradiqué | they eradicated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a éradiqué une plante envahissante du jardin.
Yesterday, Paul eradicated an invasive plant from the garden.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | éradiquais | I used to eradicate | |
| tu | éradiquais | you used to eradicate | |
| il / elle / on | éradiquait | he / she / it used to eradicateon: we used to eradicate / one used to eradicate | |
| nous | éradiquions | we used to eradicate | |
| vous | éradiquiez | you used to eradicate | |
| ils / elles | éradiquaient | they used to eradicate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul éradiquait une plante envahissante du jardin.
Back then, Paul used to eradicate an invasive plant from the garden.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | éradiquerai | I will eradicate | |
| tu | éradiqueras | you will eradicate | |
| il / elle / on | éradiquera | he / she / it will eradicateon: we will eradicate / one will eradicate | |
| nous | éradiquerons | we will eradicate | |
| vous | éradiquerez | you will eradicate | |
| ils / elles | éradiqueront | they will eradicate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul éradiquera une plante envahissante du jardin.
Later, Paul will eradicate an invasive plant from the garden.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | éradiquerais | I would eradicate | |
| tu | éradiquerais | you would eradicate | |
| il / elle / on | éradiquerait | he / she / it would eradicateon: we would eradicate / one would eradicate | |
| nous | éradiquerions | we would eradicate | |
| vous | éradiqueriez | you would eradicate | |
| ils / elles | éradiqueraient | they would eradicate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul éradiquerait une plante envahissante du jardin.
Paul would eradicate an invasive plant from the garden.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | éradique | (that) I eradicate | |
| tu | éradiques | (that) you eradicate | |
| il / elle / on | éradique | (that) he / she / it eradicateson: (that) we eradicate / one eradicates | |
| nous | éradiquions | (that) we eradicate | |
| vous | éradiquiez | (that) you eradicate | |
| ils / elles | éradiquent | (that) they eradicate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul éradique une plante envahissante du jardin.
It is possible that Paul eradicates an invasive plant from the garden.
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 eradicate
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