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 provide.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | fournis | I provide | |
| tu | fournis | you provide | |
| il / elle / on | fournit | he / she / it provideson: we provide / one provides | |
| nous | fournissons | we provide | |
| vous | fournissez | you provide | |
| ils / elles | fournissent | they provide |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul fournit le matériel pour l'atelier.
Paul provides the equipment for the workshop.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai fourni | I provided | |
| tu | as fourni | you provided | |
| il / elle / on | a fourni | he / she / it providedon: we provided / one provided | |
| nous | avons fourni | we provided | |
| vous | avez fourni | you provided | |
| ils / elles | ont fourni | they provided |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a fourni le matériel pour l'atelier.
Yesterday, Paul provided the equipment for the workshop.
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’ | fournissais | I used to provide | |
| tu | fournissais | you used to provide | |
| il / elle / on | fournissait | he / she / it used to provideon: we used to provide / one used to provide | |
| nous | fournissions | we used to provide | |
| vous | fournissiez | you used to provide | |
| ils / elles | fournissaient | they used to provide |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul fournissait le matériel pour l'atelier.
Back then, Paul used to provide the equipment for the workshop.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | fournirai | I will provide | |
| tu | fourniras | you will provide | |
| il / elle / on | fournira | he / she / it will provideon: we will provide / one will provide | |
| nous | fournirons | we will provide | |
| vous | fournirez | you will provide | |
| ils / elles | fourniront | they will provide |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul fournira le matériel pour l'atelier.
Later, Paul will provide the equipment for the workshop.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | fournirais | I would provide | |
| tu | fournirais | you would provide | |
| il / elle / on | fournirait | he / she / it would provideon: we would provide / one would provide | |
| nous | fournirions | we would provide | |
| vous | fourniriez | you would provide | |
| ils / elles | fourniraient | they would provide |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul fournirait le matériel pour l'atelier.
Paul would provide the equipment for the workshop.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | fournisse | (that) I provide | |
| tu | fournisses | (that) you provide | |
| il / elle / on | fournisse | (that) he / she / it provideson: (that) we provide / one provides | |
| nous | fournissions | (that) we provide | |
| vous | fournissiez | (that) you provide | |
| ils / elles | fournissent | (that) they provide |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul fournisse le matériel pour l'atelier.
It is possible that Paul provides the equipment for the workshop.
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 supply, to provide, to furnish
- to put in
- to follow suit
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