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 fund.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | finance | I fund | |
| tu | finances | you fund | |
| il / elle / on | finance | he / she / it fundson: we fund / one funds | |
| nous | finançons | we fund | |
| vous | financez | you fund | |
| ils / elles | financent | they fund |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul finance les travaux de la bibliothèque.
Paul funds the work on the library.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai financé | I funded | |
| tu | as financé | you funded | |
| il / elle / on | a financé | he / she / it fundedon: we funded / one funded | |
| nous | avons financé | we funded | |
| vous | avez financé | you funded | |
| ils / elles | ont financé | they funded |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a financé les travaux de la bibliothèque.
Yesterday, Paul funded the work on the library.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | finançais | I used to fund | |
| tu | finançais | you used to fund | |
| il / elle / on | finançait | he / she / it used to fundon: we used to fund / one used to fund | |
| nous | financions | we used to fund | |
| vous | financiez | you used to fund | |
| ils / elles | finançaient | they used to fund |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul finançait les travaux de la bibliothèque.
Back then, Paul used to fund the work on the library.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | financerai | I will fund | |
| tu | financeras | you will fund | |
| il / elle / on | financera | he / she / it will fundon: we will fund / one will fund | |
| nous | financerons | we will fund | |
| vous | financerez | you will fund | |
| ils / elles | financeront | they will fund |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul financera les travaux de la bibliothèque.
Later, Paul will fund the work on the library.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | financerais | I would fund | |
| tu | financerais | you would fund | |
| il / elle / on | financerait | he / she / it would fundon: we would fund / one would fund | |
| nous | financerions | we would fund | |
| vous | financeriez | you would fund | |
| ils / elles | financeraient | they would fund |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul financerait les travaux de la bibliothèque.
Paul would fund the work on the library.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | finance | (that) I fund | |
| tu | finances | (that) you fund | |
| il / elle / on | finance | (that) he / she / it fundson: (that) we fund / one funds | |
| nous | financions | (that) we fund | |
| vous | financiez | (that) you fund | |
| ils / elles | financent | (that) they fund |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul finance les travaux de la bibliothèque.
It is possible that Paul funds the work on the library.
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 fund
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