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 heal.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | guéris | I heal | |
| tu | guéris | you heal | |
| il / elle / on | guérit | he / she / it healson: we heal / one heals | |
| nous | guérissons | we heal | |
| vous | guérissez | you heal | |
| ils / elles | guérissent | they heal |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
La blessure guérit lentement.
The wound heals slowly.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai guéri | I healed | |
| tu | as guéri | you healed | |
| il / elle / on | a guéri | he / she / it healedon: we healed / one healed | |
| nous | avons guéri | we healed | |
| vous | avez guéri | you healed | |
| ils / elles | ont guéri | they healed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, la blessure a guéri lentement.
Yesterday, the wound healed slowly.
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’ | guérissais | I used to heal | |
| tu | guérissais | you used to heal | |
| il / elle / on | guérissait | he / she / it used to healon: we used to heal / one used to heal | |
| nous | guérissions | we used to heal | |
| vous | guérissiez | you used to heal | |
| ils / elles | guérissaient | they used to heal |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, la blessure guérissait lentement.
Back then, the wound used to heal slowly.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | guérirai | I will heal | |
| tu | guériras | you will heal | |
| il / elle / on | guérira | he / she / it will healon: we will heal / one will heal | |
| nous | guérirons | we will heal | |
| vous | guérirez | you will heal | |
| ils / elles | guériront | they will heal |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, la blessure guérira lentement.
Later, the wound will heal slowly.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | guérirais | I would heal | |
| tu | guérirais | you would heal | |
| il / elle / on | guérirait | he / she / it would healon: we would heal / one would heal | |
| nous | guéririons | we would heal | |
| vous | guéririez | you would heal | |
| ils / elles | guériraient | they would heal |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
La blessure guérirait lentement.
The wound would heal slowly.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | guérisse | (that) I heal | |
| tu | guérisses | (that) you heal | |
| il / elle / on | guérisse | (that) he / she / it healson: (that) we heal / one heals | |
| nous | guérissions | (that) we heal | |
| vous | guérissiez | (that) you heal | |
| ils / elles | guérissent | (that) they heal |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que la blessure guérisse lentement.
It is possible that the wound heals slowly.
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 cure, to heal
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