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 merge.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | fusionne | I merge | |
| tu | fusionnes | you merge | |
| il / elle / on | fusionne | he / she / it mergeson: we merge / one merges | |
| nous | fusionnons | we merge | |
| vous | fusionnez | you merge | |
| ils / elles | fusionnent | they merge |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul fusionne les deux fichiers.
Paul merges the two files.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai fusionné | I merged | |
| tu | as fusionné | you merged | |
| il / elle / on | a fusionné | he / she / it mergedon: we merged / one merged | |
| nous | avons fusionné | we merged | |
| vous | avez fusionné | you merged | |
| ils / elles | ont fusionné | they merged |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a fusionné les deux fichiers.
Yesterday, Paul merged the two files.
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’ | fusionnais | I used to merge | |
| tu | fusionnais | you used to merge | |
| il / elle / on | fusionnait | he / she / it used to mergeon: we used to merge / one used to merge | |
| nous | fusionnions | we used to merge | |
| vous | fusionniez | you used to merge | |
| ils / elles | fusionnaient | they used to merge |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul fusionnait les deux fichiers.
Back then, Paul used to merge the two files.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | fusionnerai | I will merge | |
| tu | fusionneras | you will merge | |
| il / elle / on | fusionnera | he / she / it will mergeon: we will merge / one will merge | |
| nous | fusionnerons | we will merge | |
| vous | fusionnerez | you will merge | |
| ils / elles | fusionneront | they will merge |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul fusionnera les deux fichiers.
Later, Paul will merge the two files.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | fusionnerais | I would merge | |
| tu | fusionnerais | you would merge | |
| il / elle / on | fusionnerait | he / she / it would mergeon: we would merge / one would merge | |
| nous | fusionnerions | we would merge | |
| vous | fusionneriez | you would merge | |
| ils / elles | fusionneraient | they would merge |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul fusionnerait les deux fichiers.
Paul would merge the two files.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | fusionne | (that) I merge | |
| tu | fusionnes | (that) you merge | |
| il / elle / on | fusionne | (that) he / she / it mergeson: (that) we merge / one merges | |
| nous | fusionnions | (that) we merge | |
| vous | fusionniez | (that) you merge | |
| ils / elles | fusionnent | (that) they merge |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul fusionne les deux fichiers.
It is possible that Paul merges the two files.
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 fuse, to meld
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