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 film.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | filme | I film | |
| tu | filmes | you film | |
| il / elle / on | filme | he / she / it filmson: we film / one films | |
| nous | filmons | we film | |
| vous | filmez | you film | |
| ils / elles | filment | they film |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul filme le concert avec sa caméra.
Paul films the concert with his camera.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai filmé | I filmed | |
| tu | as filmé | you filmed | |
| il / elle / on | a filmé | he / she / it filmedon: we filmed / one filmed | |
| nous | avons filmé | we filmed | |
| vous | avez filmé | you filmed | |
| ils / elles | ont filmé | they filmed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a filmé le concert avec sa caméra.
Yesterday, Paul filmed the concert with his camera.
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’ | filmais | I used to film | |
| tu | filmais | you used to film | |
| il / elle / on | filmait | he / she / it used to filmon: we used to film / one used to film | |
| nous | filmions | we used to film | |
| vous | filmiez | you used to film | |
| ils / elles | filmaient | they used to film |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul filmait le concert avec sa caméra.
Back then, Paul used to film the concert with his camera.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | filmerai | I will film | |
| tu | filmeras | you will film | |
| il / elle / on | filmera | he / she / it will filmon: we will film / one will film | |
| nous | filmerons | we will film | |
| vous | filmerez | you will film | |
| ils / elles | filmeront | they will film |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul filmera le concert avec sa caméra.
Later, Paul will film the concert with his camera.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | filmerais | I would film | |
| tu | filmerais | you would film | |
| il / elle / on | filmerait | he / she / it would filmon: we would film / one would film | |
| nous | filmerions | we would film | |
| vous | filmeriez | you would film | |
| ils / elles | filmeraient | they would film |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul filmerait le concert avec sa caméra.
Paul would film the concert with his camera.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | filme | (that) I film | |
| tu | filmes | (that) you film | |
| il / elle / on | filme | (that) he / she / it filmson: (that) we film / one films | |
| nous | filmions | (that) we film | |
| vous | filmiez | (that) you film | |
| ils / elles | filment | (that) they film |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul filme le concert avec sa caméra.
It is possible that Paul films the concert with his camera.
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 film
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