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 frequent.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | fréquente | I frequent | |
| tu | fréquentes | you frequent | |
| il / elle / on | fréquente | he / she / it frequentson: we frequent / one frequents | |
| nous | fréquentons | we frequent | |
| vous | fréquentez | you frequent | |
| ils / elles | fréquentent | they frequent |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul fréquente la bibliothèque du quartier.
Paul frequents the neighborhood library.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai fréquenté | I frequented | |
| tu | as fréquenté | you frequented | |
| il / elle / on | a fréquenté | he / she / it frequentedon: we frequented / one frequented | |
| nous | avons fréquenté | we frequented | |
| vous | avez fréquenté | you frequented | |
| ils / elles | ont fréquenté | they frequented |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a fréquenté la bibliothèque du quartier.
Yesterday, Paul frequented the neighborhood 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’ | fréquentais | I used to frequent | |
| tu | fréquentais | you used to frequent | |
| il / elle / on | fréquentait | he / she / it used to frequenton: we used to frequent / one used to frequent | |
| nous | fréquentions | we used to frequent | |
| vous | fréquentiez | you used to frequent | |
| ils / elles | fréquentaient | they used to frequent |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul fréquentait la bibliothèque du quartier.
Back then, Paul used to frequent the neighborhood library.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | fréquenterai | I will frequent | |
| tu | fréquenteras | you will frequent | |
| il / elle / on | fréquentera | he / she / it will frequenton: we will frequent / one will frequent | |
| nous | fréquenterons | we will frequent | |
| vous | fréquenterez | you will frequent | |
| ils / elles | fréquenteront | they will frequent |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul fréquentera la bibliothèque du quartier.
Later, Paul will frequent the neighborhood library.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | fréquenterais | I would frequent | |
| tu | fréquenterais | you would frequent | |
| il / elle / on | fréquenterait | he / she / it would frequenton: we would frequent / one would frequent | |
| nous | fréquenterions | we would frequent | |
| vous | fréquenteriez | you would frequent | |
| ils / elles | fréquenteraient | they would frequent |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul fréquenterait la bibliothèque du quartier.
Paul would frequent the neighborhood library.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | fréquente | (that) I frequent | |
| tu | fréquentes | (that) you frequent | |
| il / elle / on | fréquente | (that) he / she / it frequentson: (that) we frequent / one frequents | |
| nous | fréquentions | (that) we frequent | |
| vous | fréquentiez | (that) you frequent | |
| ils / elles | fréquentent | (that) they frequent |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul fréquente la bibliothèque du quartier.
It is possible that Paul frequents the neighborhood 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 frequent, to go to (a place)
- to socialise with (people)
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