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 extract.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | extrais | I extract | |
| tu | extrais | you extract | |
| il / elle / on | extrait | he / she / it extractson: we extract / one extracts | |
| nous | extrayons | we extract | |
| vous | extrayez | you extract | |
| ils / elles | extraient | they extract |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le chercheur extrait une substance de cette plante.
The researcher extracts a substance from this plant.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai extrait | I extracted | |
| tu | as extrait | you extracted | |
| il / elle / on | a extrait | he / she / it extractedon: we extracted / one extracted | |
| nous | avons extrait | we extracted | |
| vous | avez extrait | you extracted | |
| ils / elles | ont extrait | they extracted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le chercheur a extrait une substance de cette plante.
Yesterday, the researcher extracted a substance from this plant.
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’ | extrayais | I used to extract | |
| tu | extrayais | you used to extract | |
| il / elle / on | extrayait | he / she / it used to extracton: we used to extract / one used to extract | |
| nous | extrayions | we used to extract | |
| vous | extrayiez | you used to extract | |
| ils / elles | extrayaient | they used to extract |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le chercheur extrayait une substance de cette plante.
Back then, the researcher used to extract a substance from this plant.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | extrairai | I will extract | |
| tu | extrairas | you will extract | |
| il / elle / on | extraira | he / she / it will extracton: we will extract / one will extract | |
| nous | extrairons | we will extract | |
| vous | extrairez | you will extract | |
| ils / elles | extrairont | they will extract |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le chercheur extraira une substance de cette plante.
Later, the researcher will extract a substance from this plant.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | extrairais | I would extract | |
| tu | extrairais | you would extract | |
| il / elle / on | extrairait | he / she / it would extracton: we would extract / one would extract | |
| nous | extrairions | we would extract | |
| vous | extrairiez | you would extract | |
| ils / elles | extrairaient | they would extract |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le chercheur extrairait une substance de cette plante.
The researcher would extract a substance from this plant.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | extraie | (that) I extract | |
| tu | extraies | (that) you extract | |
| il / elle / on | extraie | (that) he / she / it extractson: (that) we extract / one extracts | |
| nous | extrayions | (that) we extract | |
| vous | extrayiez | (that) you extract | |
| ils / elles | extraient | (that) they extract |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le chercheur extraie une substance de cette plante.
It is possible that the researcher extracts a substance from this plant.
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
- extract (to draw out)
- mine
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