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 ignore.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ignore | I ignore | |
| tu | ignores | you ignore | |
| il / elle / on | ignore | he / she / it ignoreson: we ignore / one ignores | |
| nous | ignorons | we ignore | |
| vous | ignorez | you ignore | |
| ils / elles | ignorent | they ignore |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul ignore les messages publicitaires.
Paul ignores the advertising messages.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai ignoré | I ignored | |
| tu | as ignoré | you ignored | |
| il / elle / on | a ignoré | he / she / it ignoredon: we ignored / one ignored | |
| nous | avons ignoré | we ignored | |
| vous | avez ignoré | you ignored | |
| ils / elles | ont ignoré | they ignored |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a ignoré les messages publicitaires.
Yesterday, Paul ignored the advertising messages.
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’ | ignorais | I used to ignore | |
| tu | ignorais | you used to ignore | |
| il / elle / on | ignorait | he / she / it used to ignoreon: we used to ignore / one used to ignore | |
| nous | ignorions | we used to ignore | |
| vous | ignoriez | you used to ignore | |
| ils / elles | ignoraient | they used to ignore |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul ignorait les messages publicitaires.
Back then, Paul used to ignore the advertising messages.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ignorerai | I will ignore | |
| tu | ignoreras | you will ignore | |
| il / elle / on | ignorera | he / she / it will ignoreon: we will ignore / one will ignore | |
| nous | ignorerons | we will ignore | |
| vous | ignorerez | you will ignore | |
| ils / elles | ignoreront | they will ignore |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul ignorera les messages publicitaires.
Later, Paul will ignore the advertising messages.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ignorerais | I would ignore | |
| tu | ignorerais | you would ignore | |
| il / elle / on | ignorerait | he / she / it would ignoreon: we would ignore / one would ignore | |
| nous | ignorerions | we would ignore | |
| vous | ignoreriez | you would ignore | |
| ils / elles | ignoreraient | they would ignore |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul ignorerait les messages publicitaires.
Paul would ignore the advertising messages.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ignore | (that) I ignore | |
| tu | ignores | (that) you ignore | |
| il / elle / on | ignore | (that) he / she / it ignoreson: (that) we ignore / one ignores | |
| nous | ignorions | (that) we ignore | |
| vous | ignoriez | (that) you ignore | |
| ils / elles | ignorent | (that) they ignore |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul ignore les messages publicitaires.
It is possible that Paul ignores the advertising messages.
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 ignore
- to be unaware of, to be ignorant of
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