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 honour.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | honore | I honour | |
| tu | honores | you honour | |
| il / elle / on | honore | he / she / it honourson: we honour / one honours | |
| nous | honorons | we honour | |
| vous | honorez | you honour | |
| ils / elles | honorent | they honour |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul honore sa promesse envers son ami.
Paul honours his promise to his friend.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai honoré | I honoured | |
| tu | as honoré | you honoured | |
| il / elle / on | a honoré | he / she / it honouredon: we honoured / one honoured | |
| nous | avons honoré | we honoured | |
| vous | avez honoré | you honoured | |
| ils / elles | ont honoré | they honoured |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a honoré sa promesse envers son ami.
Yesterday, Paul honoured his promise to his friend.
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’ | honorais | I used to honour | |
| tu | honorais | you used to honour | |
| il / elle / on | honorait | he / she / it used to honouron: we used to honour / one used to honour | |
| nous | honorions | we used to honour | |
| vous | honoriez | you used to honour | |
| ils / elles | honoraient | they used to honour |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul honorait sa promesse envers son ami.
Back then, Paul used to honour his promise to his friend.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | honorerai | I will honour | |
| tu | honoreras | you will honour | |
| il / elle / on | honorera | he / she / it will honouron: we will honour / one will honour | |
| nous | honorerons | we will honour | |
| vous | honorerez | you will honour | |
| ils / elles | honoreront | they will honour |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul honorera sa promesse envers son ami.
Later, Paul will honour his promise to his friend.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | honorerais | I would honour | |
| tu | honorerais | you would honour | |
| il / elle / on | honorerait | he / she / it would honouron: we would honour / one would honour | |
| nous | honorerions | we would honour | |
| vous | honoreriez | you would honour | |
| ils / elles | honoreraient | they would honour |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul honorerait sa promesse envers son ami.
Paul would honour his promise to his friend.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | honore | (that) I honour | |
| tu | honores | (that) you honour | |
| il / elle / on | honore | (that) he / she / it honourson: (that) we honour / one honours | |
| nous | honorions | (that) we honour | |
| vous | honoriez | (that) you honour | |
| ils / elles | honorent | (that) they honour |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul honore sa promesse envers son ami.
It is possible that Paul honours his promise to his friend.
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 honor, to honour
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