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 identify.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | identifie | I identify | |
| tu | identifies | you identify | |
| il / elle / on | identifie | he / she / it identifieson: we identify / one identifies | |
| nous | identifions | we identify | |
| vous | identifiez | you identify | |
| ils / elles | identifient | they identify |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul identifie les plantes du jardin.
Paul identifies the plants in the garden.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai identifié | I identified | |
| tu | as identifié | you identified | |
| il / elle / on | a identifié | he / she / it identifiedon: we identified / one identified | |
| nous | avons identifié | we identified | |
| vous | avez identifié | you identified | |
| ils / elles | ont identifié | they identified |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a identifié les plantes du jardin.
Yesterday, Paul identified the plants in the garden.
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’ | identifiais | I used to identify | |
| tu | identifiais | you used to identify | |
| il / elle / on | identifiait | he / she / it used to identifyon: we used to identify / one used to identify | |
| nous | identifiions | we used to identify | |
| vous | identifiiez | you used to identify | |
| ils / elles | identifiaient | they used to identify |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul identifiait les plantes du jardin.
Back then, Paul used to identify the plants in the garden.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | identifierai | I will identify | |
| tu | identifieras | you will identify | |
| il / elle / on | identifiera | he / she / it will identifyon: we will identify / one will identify | |
| nous | identifierons | we will identify | |
| vous | identifierez | you will identify | |
| ils / elles | identifieront | they will identify |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul identifiera les plantes du jardin.
Later, Paul will identify the plants in the garden.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | identifierais | I would identify | |
| tu | identifierais | you would identify | |
| il / elle / on | identifierait | he / she / it would identifyon: we would identify / one would identify | |
| nous | identifierions | we would identify | |
| vous | identifieriez | you would identify | |
| ils / elles | identifieraient | they would identify |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul identifierait les plantes du jardin.
Paul would identify the plants in the garden.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | identifie | (that) I identify | |
| tu | identifies | (that) you identify | |
| il / elle / on | identifie | (that) he / she / it identifieson: (that) we identify / one identifies | |
| nous | identifiions | (that) we identify | |
| vous | identifiiez | (that) you identify | |
| ils / elles | identifient | (that) they identify |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul identifie les plantes du jardin.
It is possible that Paul identifies the plants in the garden.
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 identify
- to log in
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