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 exclude.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | exclus | I exclude | |
| tu | exclus | you exclude | |
| il / elle / on | exclut | he / she / it excludeson: we exclude / one excludes | |
| nous | excluons | we exclude | |
| vous | excluez | you exclude | |
| ils / elles | excluent | they exclude |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce tarif exclut les frais de livraison.
This rate excludes delivery charges.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai exclu | I excluded | |
| tu | as exclu | you excluded | |
| il / elle / on | a exclu | he / she / it excludedon: we excluded / one excluded | |
| nous | avons exclu | we excluded | |
| vous | avez exclu | you excluded | |
| ils / elles | ont exclu | they excluded |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce tarif a exclu les frais de livraison.
Yesterday, this rate excluded delivery charges.
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’ | excluais | I used to exclude | |
| tu | excluais | you used to exclude | |
| il / elle / on | excluait | he / she / it used to excludeon: we used to exclude / one used to exclude | |
| nous | excluions | we used to exclude | |
| vous | excluiez | you used to exclude | |
| ils / elles | excluaient | they used to exclude |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce tarif excluait les frais de livraison.
Back then, this rate used to exclude delivery charges.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | exclurai | I will exclude | |
| tu | excluras | you will exclude | |
| il / elle / on | exclura | he / she / it will excludeon: we will exclude / one will exclude | |
| nous | exclurons | we will exclude | |
| vous | exclurez | you will exclude | |
| ils / elles | excluront | they will exclude |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce tarif exclura les frais de livraison.
Later, this rate will exclude delivery charges.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | exclurais | I would exclude | |
| tu | exclurais | you would exclude | |
| il / elle / on | exclurait | he / she / it would excludeon: we would exclude / one would exclude | |
| nous | exclurions | we would exclude | |
| vous | excluriez | you would exclude | |
| ils / elles | excluraient | they would exclude |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce tarif exclurait les frais de livraison.
This rate would exclude delivery charges.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | exclue | (that) I exclude | |
| tu | exclues | (that) you exclude | |
| il / elle / on | exclue | (that) he / she / it excludeson: (that) we exclude / one excludes | |
| nous | excluions | (that) we exclude | |
| vous | excluiez | (that) you exclude | |
| ils / elles | excluent | (that) they exclude |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce tarif exclue les frais de livraison.
It is possible that this rate excludes delivery charges.
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 exclude
- to leave out
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