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 facilitate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | facilite | I facilitate | |
| tu | facilites | you facilitate | |
| il / elle / on | facilite | he / she / it facilitateson: we facilitate / one facilitates | |
| nous | facilitons | we facilitate | |
| vous | facilitez | you facilitate | |
| ils / elles | facilitent | they facilitate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul facilite le travail de ses collègues.
Paul facilitates his colleagues' work.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai facilité | I facilitated | |
| tu | as facilité | you facilitated | |
| il / elle / on | a facilité | he / she / it facilitatedon: we facilitated / one facilitated | |
| nous | avons facilité | we facilitated | |
| vous | avez facilité | you facilitated | |
| ils / elles | ont facilité | they facilitated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a facilité le travail de ses collègues.
Yesterday, Paul facilitated his colleagues' work.
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’ | facilitais | I used to facilitate | |
| tu | facilitais | you used to facilitate | |
| il / elle / on | facilitait | he / she / it used to facilitateon: we used to facilitate / one used to facilitate | |
| nous | facilitions | we used to facilitate | |
| vous | facilitiez | you used to facilitate | |
| ils / elles | facilitaient | they used to facilitate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul facilitait le travail de ses collègues.
Back then, Paul used to facilitate his colleagues' work.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | faciliterai | I will facilitate | |
| tu | faciliteras | you will facilitate | |
| il / elle / on | facilitera | he / she / it will facilitateon: we will facilitate / one will facilitate | |
| nous | faciliterons | we will facilitate | |
| vous | faciliterez | you will facilitate | |
| ils / elles | faciliteront | they will facilitate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul facilitera le travail de ses collègues.
Later, Paul will facilitate his colleagues' work.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | faciliterais | I would facilitate | |
| tu | faciliterais | you would facilitate | |
| il / elle / on | faciliterait | he / she / it would facilitateon: we would facilitate / one would facilitate | |
| nous | faciliterions | we would facilitate | |
| vous | faciliteriez | you would facilitate | |
| ils / elles | faciliteraient | they would facilitate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul faciliterait le travail de ses collègues.
Paul would facilitate his colleagues' work.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | facilite | (that) I facilitate | |
| tu | facilites | (that) you facilitate | |
| il / elle / on | facilite | (that) he / she / it facilitateson: (that) we facilitate / one facilitates | |
| nous | facilitions | (that) we facilitate | |
| vous | facilitiez | (that) you facilitate | |
| ils / elles | facilitent | (that) they facilitate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul facilite le travail de ses collègues.
It is possible that Paul facilitates his colleagues' work.
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 facilitate
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