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 hack.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | hacke | I hack | |
| tu | hackes | you hack | |
| il / elle / on | hacke | he / she / it hackson: we hack / one hacks | |
| nous | hackons | we hack | |
| vous | hackez | you hack | |
| ils / elles | hackent | they hack |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul hacke son propre serveur pour en tester la sécurité.
Paul hacks his own server to test its security.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai hacké | I hacked | |
| tu | as hacké | you hacked | |
| il / elle / on | a hacké | he / she / it hackedon: we hacked / one hacked | |
| nous | avons hacké | we hacked | |
| vous | avez hacké | you hacked | |
| ils / elles | ont hacké | they hacked |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a hacké son propre serveur pour en tester la sécurité.
Yesterday, Paul hacked his own server to test its security.
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’ | hackais | I used to hack | |
| tu | hackais | you used to hack | |
| il / elle / on | hackait | he / she / it used to hackon: we used to hack / one used to hack | |
| nous | hackions | we used to hack | |
| vous | hackiez | you used to hack | |
| ils / elles | hackaient | they used to hack |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul hackait son propre serveur pour en tester la sécurité.
Back then, Paul used to hack his own server to test its security.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | hackerai | I will hack | |
| tu | hackeras | you will hack | |
| il / elle / on | hackera | he / she / it will hackon: we will hack / one will hack | |
| nous | hackerons | we will hack | |
| vous | hackerez | you will hack | |
| ils / elles | hackeront | they will hack |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul hackera son propre serveur pour en tester la sécurité.
Later, Paul will hack his own server to test its security.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | hackerais | I would hack | |
| tu | hackerais | you would hack | |
| il / elle / on | hackerait | he / she / it would hackon: we would hack / one would hack | |
| nous | hackerions | we would hack | |
| vous | hackeriez | you would hack | |
| ils / elles | hackeraient | they would hack |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul hackerait son propre serveur pour en tester la sécurité.
Paul would hack his own server to test its security.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | hacke | (that) I hack | |
| tu | hackes | (that) you hack | |
| il / elle / on | hacke | (that) he / she / it hackson: (that) we hack / one hacks | |
| nous | hackions | (that) we hack | |
| vous | hackiez | (that) you hack | |
| ils / elles | hackent | (that) they hack |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul hacke son propre serveur pour en tester la sécurité.
It is possible that Paul hacks his own server to test its security.
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 hack
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