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 accommodate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | héberge | I accommodate | |
| tu | héberges | you accommodate | |
| il / elle / on | héberge | he / she / it accommodateson: we accommodate / one accommodates | |
| nous | hébergeons | we accommodate | |
| vous | hébergez | you accommodate | |
| ils / elles | hébergent | they accommodate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul héberge deux amis chez lui.
Paul accommodates two friends at his home.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai hébergé | I accommodated | |
| tu | as hébergé | you accommodated | |
| il / elle / on | a hébergé | he / she / it accommodatedon: we accommodated / one accommodated | |
| nous | avons hébergé | we accommodated | |
| vous | avez hébergé | you accommodated | |
| ils / elles | ont hébergé | they accommodated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a hébergé deux amis chez lui.
Yesterday, Paul accommodated two friends at his home.
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’ | hébergeais | I used to accommodate | |
| tu | hébergeais | you used to accommodate | |
| il / elle / on | hébergeait | he / she / it used to accommodateon: we used to accommodate / one used to accommodate | |
| nous | hébergions | we used to accommodate | |
| vous | hébergiez | you used to accommodate | |
| ils / elles | hébergeaient | they used to accommodate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul hébergeait deux amis chez lui.
Back then, Paul used to accommodate two friends at his home.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | hébergerai | I will accommodate | |
| tu | hébergeras | you will accommodate | |
| il / elle / on | hébergera | he / she / it will accommodateon: we will accommodate / one will accommodate | |
| nous | hébergerons | we will accommodate | |
| vous | hébergerez | you will accommodate | |
| ils / elles | hébergeront | they will accommodate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul hébergera deux amis chez lui.
Later, Paul will accommodate two friends at his home.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | hébergerais | I would accommodate | |
| tu | hébergerais | you would accommodate | |
| il / elle / on | hébergerait | he / she / it would accommodateon: we would accommodate / one would accommodate | |
| nous | hébergerions | we would accommodate | |
| vous | hébergeriez | you would accommodate | |
| ils / elles | hébergeraient | they would accommodate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul hébergerait deux amis chez lui.
Paul would accommodate two friends at his home.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | héberge | (that) I accommodate | |
| tu | héberges | (that) you accommodate | |
| il / elle / on | héberge | (that) he / she / it accommodateson: (that) we accommodate / one accommodates | |
| nous | hébergions | (that) we accommodate | |
| vous | hébergiez | (that) you accommodate | |
| ils / elles | hébergent | (that) they accommodate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul héberge deux amis chez lui.
It is possible that Paul accommodates two friends at his home.
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 house, accommodate
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