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 accustom.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | habitue | I accustom | |
| tu | habitues | you accustom | |
| il / elle / on | habitue | he / she / it accustomson: we accustom / one accustoms | |
| nous | habituons | we accustom | |
| vous | habituez | you accustom | |
| ils / elles | habituent | they accustom |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul habitue le chien au bruit.
Paul accustoms the dog to the noise.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai habitué | I accustomed | |
| tu | as habitué | you accustomed | |
| il / elle / on | a habitué | he / she / it accustomedon: we accustomed / one accustomed | |
| nous | avons habitué | we accustomed | |
| vous | avez habitué | you accustomed | |
| ils / elles | ont habitué | they accustomed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a habitué le chien au bruit.
Yesterday, Paul accustomed the dog to the noise.
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’ | habituais | I used to accustom | |
| tu | habituais | you used to accustom | |
| il / elle / on | habituait | he / she / it used to accustomon: we used to accustom / one used to accustom | |
| nous | habituions | we used to accustom | |
| vous | habituiez | you used to accustom | |
| ils / elles | habituaient | they used to accustom |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul habituait le chien au bruit.
Back then, Paul used to accustom the dog to the noise.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | habituerai | I will accustom | |
| tu | habitueras | you will accustom | |
| il / elle / on | habituera | he / she / it will accustomon: we will accustom / one will accustom | |
| nous | habituerons | we will accustom | |
| vous | habituerez | you will accustom | |
| ils / elles | habitueront | they will accustom |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul habituera le chien au bruit.
Later, Paul will accustom the dog to the noise.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | habituerais | I would accustom | |
| tu | habituerais | you would accustom | |
| il / elle / on | habituerait | he / she / it would accustomon: we would accustom / one would accustom | |
| nous | habituerions | we would accustom | |
| vous | habitueriez | you would accustom | |
| ils / elles | habitueraient | they would accustom |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul habituerait le chien au bruit.
Paul would accustom the dog to the noise.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | habitue | (that) I accustom | |
| tu | habitues | (that) you accustom | |
| il / elle / on | habitue | (that) he / she / it accustomson: (that) we accustom / one accustoms | |
| nous | habituions | (that) we accustom | |
| vous | habituiez | (that) you accustom | |
| ils / elles | habituent | (that) they accustom |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul habitue le chien au bruit.
It is possible that Paul accustoms the dog to the noise.
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 get someone in the habit (of)
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