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 humiliate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | humilie | I humiliate | |
| tu | humilies | you humiliate | |
| il / elle / on | humilie | he / she / it humiliateson: we humiliate / one humiliates | |
| nous | humilions | we humiliate | |
| vous | humiliez | you humiliate | |
| ils / elles | humilient | they humiliate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le commentaire humilie Paul.
The comment humiliates Paul.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai humilié | I humiliated | |
| tu | as humilié | you humiliated | |
| il / elle / on | a humilié | he / she / it humiliatedon: we humiliated / one humiliated | |
| nous | avons humilié | we humiliated | |
| vous | avez humilié | you humiliated | |
| ils / elles | ont humilié | they humiliated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le commentaire a humilié Paul.
Yesterday, the comment humiliated Paul.
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’ | humiliais | I used to humiliate | |
| tu | humiliais | you used to humiliate | |
| il / elle / on | humiliait | he / she / it used to humiliateon: we used to humiliate / one used to humiliate | |
| nous | humiliions | we used to humiliate | |
| vous | humiliiez | you used to humiliate | |
| ils / elles | humiliaient | they used to humiliate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le commentaire humiliait Paul.
Back then, the comment used to humiliate Paul.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | humilierai | I will humiliate | |
| tu | humilieras | you will humiliate | |
| il / elle / on | humiliera | he / she / it will humiliateon: we will humiliate / one will humiliate | |
| nous | humilierons | we will humiliate | |
| vous | humilierez | you will humiliate | |
| ils / elles | humilieront | they will humiliate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le commentaire humiliera Paul.
Later, the comment will humiliate Paul.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | humilierais | I would humiliate | |
| tu | humilierais | you would humiliate | |
| il / elle / on | humilierait | he / she / it would humiliateon: we would humiliate / one would humiliate | |
| nous | humilierions | we would humiliate | |
| vous | humilieriez | you would humiliate | |
| ils / elles | humilieraient | they would humiliate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le commentaire humilierait Paul.
The comment would humiliate Paul.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | humilie | (that) I humiliate | |
| tu | humilies | (that) you humiliate | |
| il / elle / on | humilie | (that) he / she / it humiliateson: (that) we humiliate / one humiliates | |
| nous | humiliions | (that) we humiliate | |
| vous | humiliiez | (that) you humiliate | |
| ils / elles | humilient | (that) they humiliate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le commentaire humilie Paul.
It is possible that the comment humiliates Paul.
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 humiliate
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