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 expel.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | expulse | I expel | |
| tu | expulses | you expel | |
| il / elle / on | expulse | he / she / it expelson: we expel / one expels | |
| nous | expulsons | we expel | |
| vous | expulsez | you expel | |
| ils / elles | expulsent | they expel |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
L'arbitre expulse le joueur du terrain.
The referee expels the player from the field.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai expulsé | I expelled | |
| tu | as expulsé | you expelled | |
| il / elle / on | a expulsé | he / she / it expelledon: we expelled / one expelled | |
| nous | avons expulsé | we expelled | |
| vous | avez expulsé | you expelled | |
| ils / elles | ont expulsé | they expelled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, l'arbitre a expulsé le joueur du terrain.
Yesterday, the referee expelled the player from the field.
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’ | expulsais | I used to expel | |
| tu | expulsais | you used to expel | |
| il / elle / on | expulsait | he / she / it used to expelon: we used to expel / one used to expel | |
| nous | expulsions | we used to expel | |
| vous | expulsiez | you used to expel | |
| ils / elles | expulsaient | they used to expel |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, l'arbitre expulsait le joueur du terrain.
Back then, the referee used to expel the player from the field.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | expulserai | I will expel | |
| tu | expulseras | you will expel | |
| il / elle / on | expulsera | he / she / it will expelon: we will expel / one will expel | |
| nous | expulserons | we will expel | |
| vous | expulserez | you will expel | |
| ils / elles | expulseront | they will expel |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, l'arbitre expulsera le joueur du terrain.
Later, the referee will expel the player from the field.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | expulserais | I would expel | |
| tu | expulserais | you would expel | |
| il / elle / on | expulserait | he / she / it would expelon: we would expel / one would expel | |
| nous | expulserions | we would expel | |
| vous | expulseriez | you would expel | |
| ils / elles | expulseraient | they would expel |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
L'arbitre expulserait le joueur du terrain.
The referee would expel the player from the field.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | expulse | (that) I expel | |
| tu | expulses | (that) you expel | |
| il / elle / on | expulse | (that) he / she / it expelson: (that) we expel / one expels | |
| nous | expulsions | (that) we expel | |
| vous | expulsiez | (that) you expel | |
| ils / elles | expulsent | (that) they expel |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que l'arbitre expulse le joueur du terrain.
It is possible that the referee expels the player from the field.
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 expel
- to send off
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