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 guarantee.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | garantis | I guarantee | |
| tu | garantis | you guarantee | |
| il / elle / on | garantit | he / she / it guaranteeson: we guarantee / one guarantees | |
| nous | garantissons | we guarantee | |
| vous | garantissez | you guarantee | |
| ils / elles | garantissent | they guarantee |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul garantit la qualité de son travail.
Paul guarantees the quality of his work.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai garanti | I guaranteed | |
| tu | as garanti | you guaranteed | |
| il / elle / on | a garanti | he / she / it guaranteedon: we guaranteed / one guaranteed | |
| nous | avons garanti | we guaranteed | |
| vous | avez garanti | you guaranteed | |
| ils / elles | ont garanti | they guaranteed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a garanti la qualité de son travail.
Yesterday, Paul guaranteed the quality of his work.
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’ | garantissais | I used to guarantee | |
| tu | garantissais | you used to guarantee | |
| il / elle / on | garantissait | he / she / it used to guaranteeon: we used to guarantee / one used to guarantee | |
| nous | garantissions | we used to guarantee | |
| vous | garantissiez | you used to guarantee | |
| ils / elles | garantissaient | they used to guarantee |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul garantissait la qualité de son travail.
Back then, Paul used to guarantee the quality of his work.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | garantirai | I will guarantee | |
| tu | garantiras | you will guarantee | |
| il / elle / on | garantira | he / she / it will guaranteeon: we will guarantee / one will guarantee | |
| nous | garantirons | we will guarantee | |
| vous | garantirez | you will guarantee | |
| ils / elles | garantiront | they will guarantee |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul garantira la qualité de son travail.
Later, Paul will guarantee the quality of his work.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | garantirais | I would guarantee | |
| tu | garantirais | you would guarantee | |
| il / elle / on | garantirait | he / she / it would guaranteeon: we would guarantee / one would guarantee | |
| nous | garantirions | we would guarantee | |
| vous | garantiriez | you would guarantee | |
| ils / elles | garantiraient | they would guarantee |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul garantirait la qualité de son travail.
Paul would guarantee the quality of his work.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | garantisse | (that) I guarantee | |
| tu | garantisses | (that) you guarantee | |
| il / elle / on | garantisse | (that) he / she / it guaranteeson: (that) we guarantee / one guarantees | |
| nous | garantissions | (that) we guarantee | |
| vous | garantissiez | (that) you guarantee | |
| ils / elles | garantissent | (that) they guarantee |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul garantisse la qualité de son travail.
It is possible that Paul guarantees the quality of his work.
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 guarantee (to assure that something will get done right)
- to protect, preserve
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