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 generalize.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | généralise | I generalize | |
| tu | généralises | you generalize | |
| il / elle / on | généralise | he / she / it generalizeson: we generalize / one generalizes | |
| nous | généralisons | we generalize | |
| vous | généralisez | you generalize | |
| ils / elles | généralisent | they generalize |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul généralise à partir d'un seul exemple.
Paul generalizes from a single example.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai généralisé | I generalized | |
| tu | as généralisé | you generalized | |
| il / elle / on | a généralisé | he / she / it generalizedon: we generalized / one generalized | |
| nous | avons généralisé | we generalized | |
| vous | avez généralisé | you generalized | |
| ils / elles | ont généralisé | they generalized |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a généralisé à partir d'un seul exemple.
Yesterday, Paul generalized from a single example.
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’ | généralisais | I used to generalize | |
| tu | généralisais | you used to generalize | |
| il / elle / on | généralisait | he / she / it used to generalizeon: we used to generalize / one used to generalize | |
| nous | généralisions | we used to generalize | |
| vous | généralisiez | you used to generalize | |
| ils / elles | généralisaient | they used to generalize |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul généralisait à partir d'un seul exemple.
Back then, Paul used to generalize from a single example.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | généraliserai | I will generalize | |
| tu | généraliseras | you will generalize | |
| il / elle / on | généralisera | he / she / it will generalizeon: we will generalize / one will generalize | |
| nous | généraliserons | we will generalize | |
| vous | généraliserez | you will generalize | |
| ils / elles | généraliseront | they will generalize |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul généralisera à partir d'un seul exemple.
Later, Paul will generalize from a single example.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | généraliserais | I would generalize | |
| tu | généraliserais | you would generalize | |
| il / elle / on | généraliserait | he / she / it would generalizeon: we would generalize / one would generalize | |
| nous | généraliserions | we would generalize | |
| vous | généraliseriez | you would generalize | |
| ils / elles | généraliseraient | they would generalize |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul généraliserait à partir d'un seul exemple.
Paul would generalize from a single example.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | généralise | (that) I generalize | |
| tu | généralises | (that) you generalize | |
| il / elle / on | généralise | (that) he / she / it generalizeson: (that) we generalize / one generalizes | |
| nous | généralisions | (that) we generalize | |
| vous | généralisiez | (that) you generalize | |
| ils / elles | généralisent | (that) they generalize |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul généralise à partir d'un seul exemple.
It is possible that Paul generalizes from a single example.
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 generalise (all senses)
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