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 assess.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | évalue | I assess | |
| tu | évalues | you assess | |
| il / elle / on | évalue | he / she / it assesseson: we assess / one assesses | |
| nous | évaluons | we assess | |
| vous | évaluez | you assess | |
| ils / elles | évaluent | they assess |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul évalue les besoins de l'équipe.
Paul assesses the team's needs.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai évalué | I assessed | |
| tu | as évalué | you assessed | |
| il / elle / on | a évalué | he / she / it assessedon: we assessed / one assessed | |
| nous | avons évalué | we assessed | |
| vous | avez évalué | you assessed | |
| ils / elles | ont évalué | they assessed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a évalué les besoins de l'équipe.
Yesterday, Paul assessed the team's needs.
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’ | évaluais | I used to assess | |
| tu | évaluais | you used to assess | |
| il / elle / on | évaluait | he / she / it used to assesson: we used to assess / one used to assess | |
| nous | évaluions | we used to assess | |
| vous | évaluiez | you used to assess | |
| ils / elles | évaluaient | they used to assess |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul évaluait les besoins de l'équipe.
Back then, Paul used to assess the team's needs.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | évaluerai | I will assess | |
| tu | évalueras | you will assess | |
| il / elle / on | évaluera | he / she / it will assesson: we will assess / one will assess | |
| nous | évaluerons | we will assess | |
| vous | évaluerez | you will assess | |
| ils / elles | évalueront | they will assess |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul évaluera les besoins de l'équipe.
Later, Paul will assess the team's needs.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | évaluerais | I would assess | |
| tu | évaluerais | you would assess | |
| il / elle / on | évaluerait | he / she / it would assesson: we would assess / one would assess | |
| nous | évaluerions | we would assess | |
| vous | évalueriez | you would assess | |
| ils / elles | évalueraient | they would assess |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul évaluerait les besoins de l'équipe.
Paul would assess the team's needs.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | évalue | (that) I assess | |
| tu | évalues | (that) you assess | |
| il / elle / on | évalue | (that) he / she / it assesseson: (that) we assess / one assesses | |
| nous | évaluions | (that) we assess | |
| vous | évaluiez | (that) you assess | |
| ils / elles | évaluent | (that) they assess |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul évalue les besoins de l'équipe.
It is possible that Paul assesses the team's needs.
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 assess
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