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 manage.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | gère | I manage | |
| tu | gères | you manage | |
| il / elle / on | gère | he / she / it manageson: we manage / one manages | |
| nous | gérons | we manage | |
| vous | gérez | you manage | |
| ils / elles | gèrent | they manage |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul gère le budget de l'association.
Paul manages the association's budget.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai géré | I managed | |
| tu | as géré | you managed | |
| il / elle / on | a géré | he / she / it managedon: we managed / one managed | |
| nous | avons géré | we managed | |
| vous | avez géré | you managed | |
| ils / elles | ont géré | they managed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a géré le budget de l'association.
Yesterday, Paul managed the association's budget.
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’ | gérais | I used to manage | |
| tu | gérais | you used to manage | |
| il / elle / on | gérait | he / she / it used to manageon: we used to manage / one used to manage | |
| nous | gérions | we used to manage | |
| vous | gériez | you used to manage | |
| ils / elles | géraient | they used to manage |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul gérait le budget de l'association.
Back then, Paul used to manage the association's budget.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | gèrerai / gérerai | I will manage | |
| tu | gèreras / géreras | you will manage | |
| il / elle / on | gèrera / gérera | he / she / it will manageon: we will manage / one will manage | |
| nous | gèrerons / gérerons | we will manage | |
| vous | gèrerez / gérerez | you will manage | |
| ils / elles | gèreront / géreront | they will manage |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul gèrera le budget de l'association.
Later, Paul will manage the association's budget.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | gèrerais / gérerais | I would manage | |
| tu | gèrerais / gérerais | you would manage | |
| il / elle / on | gèrerait / gérerait | he / she / it would manageon: we would manage / one would manage | |
| nous | gèrerions / gérerions | we would manage | |
| vous | gèreriez / géreriez | you would manage | |
| ils / elles | gèreraient / géreraient | they would manage |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul gèrerait le budget de l'association.
Paul would manage the association's budget.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | gère | (that) I manage | |
| tu | gères | (that) you manage | |
| il / elle / on | gère | (that) he / she / it manageson: (that) we manage / one manages | |
| nous | gérions | (that) we manage | |
| vous | gériez | (that) you manage | |
| ils / elles | gèrent | (that) they manage |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul gère le budget de l'association.
It is possible that Paul manages the association's budget.
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 manage
- to rule, to rock (to excel)
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