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 slip.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | glisse | I slip | |
| tu | glisses | you slip | |
| il / elle / on | glisse | he / she / it slipson: we slip / one slips | |
| nous | glissons | we slip | |
| vous | glissez | you slip | |
| ils / elles | glissent | they slip |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul glisse sur le sol mouillé.
Paul slips on the wet floor.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai glissé | I slipped | |
| tu | as glissé | you slipped | |
| il / elle / on | a glissé | he / she / it slippedon: we slipped / one slipped | |
| nous | avons glissé | we slipped | |
| vous | avez glissé | you slipped | |
| ils / elles | ont glissé | they slipped |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a glissé sur le sol mouillé.
Yesterday, Paul slipped on the wet floor.
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’ | glissais | I used to slip | |
| tu | glissais | you used to slip | |
| il / elle / on | glissait | he / she / it used to slipon: we used to slip / one used to slip | |
| nous | glissions | we used to slip | |
| vous | glissiez | you used to slip | |
| ils / elles | glissaient | they used to slip |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul glissait sur le sol mouillé.
Back then, Paul used to slip on the wet floor.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | glisserai | I will slip | |
| tu | glisseras | you will slip | |
| il / elle / on | glissera | he / she / it will slipon: we will slip / one will slip | |
| nous | glisserons | we will slip | |
| vous | glisserez | you will slip | |
| ils / elles | glisseront | they will slip |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul glissera sur le sol mouillé.
Later, Paul will slip on the wet floor.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | glisserais | I would slip | |
| tu | glisserais | you would slip | |
| il / elle / on | glisserait | he / she / it would slipon: we would slip / one would slip | |
| nous | glisserions | we would slip | |
| vous | glisseriez | you would slip | |
| ils / elles | glisseraient | they would slip |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul glisserait sur le sol mouillé.
Paul would slip on the wet floor.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | glisse | (that) I slip | |
| tu | glisses | (that) you slip | |
| il / elle / on | glisse | (that) he / she / it slipson: (that) we slip / one slips | |
| nous | glissions | (that) we slip | |
| vous | glissiez | (that) you slip | |
| ils / elles | glissent | (that) they slip |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul glisse sur le sol mouillé.
It is possible that Paul slips on the wet floor.
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 slip, to slide, to skid
- to glide
- to slide
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