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 export.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | exporte | I export | |
| tu | exportes | you export | |
| il / elle / on | exporte | he / she / it exportson: we export / one exports | |
| nous | exportons | we export | |
| vous | exportez | you export | |
| ils / elles | exportent | they export |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul exporte des meubles vers le Canada.
Paul exports furniture to Canada.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai exporté | I exported | |
| tu | as exporté | you exported | |
| il / elle / on | a exporté | he / she / it exportedon: we exported / one exported | |
| nous | avons exporté | we exported | |
| vous | avez exporté | you exported | |
| ils / elles | ont exporté | they exported |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a exporté des meubles vers le Canada.
Yesterday, Paul exported furniture to Canada.
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’ | exportais | I used to export | |
| tu | exportais | you used to export | |
| il / elle / on | exportait | he / she / it used to exporton: we used to export / one used to export | |
| nous | exportions | we used to export | |
| vous | exportiez | you used to export | |
| ils / elles | exportaient | they used to export |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul exportait des meubles vers le Canada.
Back then, Paul used to export furniture to Canada.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | exporterai | I will export | |
| tu | exporteras | you will export | |
| il / elle / on | exportera | he / she / it will exporton: we will export / one will export | |
| nous | exporterons | we will export | |
| vous | exporterez | you will export | |
| ils / elles | exporteront | they will export |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul exportera des meubles vers le Canada.
Later, Paul will export furniture to Canada.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | exporterais | I would export | |
| tu | exporterais | you would export | |
| il / elle / on | exporterait | he / she / it would exporton: we would export / one would export | |
| nous | exporterions | we would export | |
| vous | exporteriez | you would export | |
| ils / elles | exporteraient | they would export |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul exporterait des meubles vers le Canada.
Paul would export furniture to Canada.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | exporte | (that) I export | |
| tu | exportes | (that) you export | |
| il / elle / on | exporte | (that) he / she / it exportson: (that) we export / one exports | |
| nous | exportions | (that) we export | |
| vous | exportiez | (that) you export | |
| ils / elles | exportent | (that) they export |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul exporte des meubles vers le Canada.
It is possible that Paul exports furniture to Canada.
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 export
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