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 establish.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | implante | I establish | |
| tu | implantes | you establish | |
| il / elle / on | implante | he / she / it establisheson: we establish / one establishes | |
| nous | implantons | we establish | |
| vous | implantez | you establish | |
| ils / elles | implantent | they establish |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul implante une usine près du port.
Paul establishes a factory near the port.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai implanté | I established | |
| tu | as implanté | you established | |
| il / elle / on | a implanté | he / she / it establishedon: we established / one established | |
| nous | avons implanté | we established | |
| vous | avez implanté | you established | |
| ils / elles | ont implanté | they established |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a implanté une usine près du port.
Yesterday, Paul established a factory near the port.
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’ | implantais | I used to establish | |
| tu | implantais | you used to establish | |
| il / elle / on | implantait | he / she / it used to establishon: we used to establish / one used to establish | |
| nous | implantions | we used to establish | |
| vous | implantiez | you used to establish | |
| ils / elles | implantaient | they used to establish |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul implantait une usine près du port.
Back then, Paul used to establish a factory near the port.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | implanterai | I will establish | |
| tu | implanteras | you will establish | |
| il / elle / on | implantera | he / she / it will establishon: we will establish / one will establish | |
| nous | implanterons | we will establish | |
| vous | implanterez | you will establish | |
| ils / elles | implanteront | they will establish |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul implantera une usine près du port.
Later, Paul will establish a factory near the port.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | implanterais | I would establish | |
| tu | implanterais | you would establish | |
| il / elle / on | implanterait | he / she / it would establishon: we would establish / one would establish | |
| nous | implanterions | we would establish | |
| vous | implanteriez | you would establish | |
| ils / elles | implanteraient | they would establish |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul implanterait une usine près du port.
Paul would establish a factory near the port.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | implante | (that) I establish | |
| tu | implantes | (that) you establish | |
| il / elle / on | implante | (that) he / she / it establisheson: (that) we establish / one establishes | |
| nous | implantions | (that) we establish | |
| vous | implantiez | (that) you establish | |
| ils / elles | implantent | (that) they establish |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul implante une usine près du port.
It is possible that Paul establishes a factory near the port.
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 build (an installation); to install (machinery); to open (a business)
- to establish
- to instill (an idea)
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