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 shout.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | hurle | I shout | |
| tu | hurles | you shout | |
| il / elle / on | hurle | he / she / it shoutson: we shout / one shouts | |
| nous | hurlons | we shout | |
| vous | hurlez | you shout | |
| ils / elles | hurlent | they shout |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le personnage hurle pour appeler à l'aide dans la pièce.
The character shouts to call for help in the play.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai hurlé | I shouted | |
| tu | as hurlé | you shouted | |
| il / elle / on | a hurlé | he / she / it shoutedon: we shouted / one shouted | |
| nous | avons hurlé | we shouted | |
| vous | avez hurlé | you shouted | |
| ils / elles | ont hurlé | they shouted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le personnage a hurlé pour appeler à l'aide dans la pièce.
Yesterday, the character shouted to call for help in the play.
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’ | hurlais | I used to shout | |
| tu | hurlais | you used to shout | |
| il / elle / on | hurlait | he / she / it used to shouton: we used to shout / one used to shout | |
| nous | hurlions | we used to shout | |
| vous | hurliez | you used to shout | |
| ils / elles | hurlaient | they used to shout |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le personnage hurlait pour appeler à l'aide dans la pièce.
Back then, the character used to shout to call for help in the play.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | hurlerai | I will shout | |
| tu | hurleras | you will shout | |
| il / elle / on | hurlera | he / she / it will shouton: we will shout / one will shout | |
| nous | hurlerons | we will shout | |
| vous | hurlerez | you will shout | |
| ils / elles | hurleront | they will shout |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le personnage hurlera pour appeler à l'aide dans la pièce.
Later, the character will shout to call for help in the play.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | hurlerais | I would shout | |
| tu | hurlerais | you would shout | |
| il / elle / on | hurlerait | he / she / it would shouton: we would shout / one would shout | |
| nous | hurlerions | we would shout | |
| vous | hurleriez | you would shout | |
| ils / elles | hurleraient | they would shout |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le personnage hurlerait pour appeler à l'aide dans la pièce.
The character would shout to call for help in the play.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | hurle | (that) I shout | |
| tu | hurles | (that) you shout | |
| il / elle / on | hurle | (that) he / she / it shoutson: (that) we shout / one shouts | |
| nous | hurlions | (that) we shout | |
| vous | hurliez | (that) you shout | |
| ils / elles | hurlent | (that) they shout |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le personnage hurle pour appeler à l'aide dans la pièce.
It is possible that the character shouts to call for help in the play.
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 shout, to yell
- to howl
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