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 freak out.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | flippe | I freak out | |
| tu | flippes | you freak out | |
| il / elle / on | flippe | he / she / it freaks outon: we freak out / one freaks out | |
| nous | flippons | we freak out | |
| vous | flippez | you freak out | |
| ils / elles | flippent | they freak out |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul flippe devant le film d'horreur.
Paul freaks out while watching the horror film.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai flippé | I freaked out | |
| tu | as flippé | you freaked out | |
| il / elle / on | a flippé | he / she / it freaked outon: we freaked out / one freaked out | |
| nous | avons flippé | we freaked out | |
| vous | avez flippé | you freaked out | |
| ils / elles | ont flippé | they freaked out |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a flippé devant le film d'horreur.
Yesterday, Paul freaked out while watching the horror film.
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’ | flippais | I used to freak out | |
| tu | flippais | you used to freak out | |
| il / elle / on | flippait | he / she / it used to freak outon: we used to freak out / one used to freak out | |
| nous | flippions | we used to freak out | |
| vous | flippiez | you used to freak out | |
| ils / elles | flippaient | they used to freak out |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul flippait devant le film d'horreur.
Back then, Paul used to freak out while watching the horror film.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | flipperai | I will freak out | |
| tu | flipperas | you will freak out | |
| il / elle / on | flippera | he / she / it will freak outon: we will freak out / one will freak out | |
| nous | flipperons | we will freak out | |
| vous | flipperez | you will freak out | |
| ils / elles | flipperont | they will freak out |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul flippera devant le film d'horreur.
Later, Paul will freak out while watching the horror film.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | flipperais | I would freak out | |
| tu | flipperais | you would freak out | |
| il / elle / on | flipperait | he / she / it would freak outon: we would freak out / one would freak out | |
| nous | flipperions | we would freak out | |
| vous | flipperiez | you would freak out | |
| ils / elles | flipperaient | they would freak out |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul flipperait devant le film d'horreur.
Paul would freak out while watching the horror film.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | flippe | (that) I freak out | |
| tu | flippes | (that) you freak out | |
| il / elle / on | flippe | (that) he / she / it freaks outon: (that) we freak out / one freaks out | |
| nous | flippions | (that) we freak out | |
| vous | flippiez | (that) you freak out | |
| ils / elles | flippent | (that) they freak out |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul flippe devant le film d'horreur.
It is possible that Paul freaks out while watching the horror film.
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.”
Flipper is informal and means panic or freak out.
Meaning & usage
- to freak out
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