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 require.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | implique | I require | |
| tu | impliques | you require | |
| il / elle / on | implique | he / she / it requireson: we require / one requires | |
| nous | impliquons | we require | |
| vous | impliquez | you require | |
| ils / elles | impliquent | they require |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce travail implique de nombreux déplacements.
This work requires a lot of travel.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai impliqué | I required | |
| tu | as impliqué | you required | |
| il / elle / on | a impliqué | he / she / it requiredon: we required / one required | |
| nous | avons impliqué | we required | |
| vous | avez impliqué | you required | |
| ils / elles | ont impliqué | they required |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce travail a impliqué de nombreux déplacements.
Yesterday, this work required a lot of travel.
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’ | impliquais | I used to require | |
| tu | impliquais | you used to require | |
| il / elle / on | impliquait | he / she / it used to requireon: we used to require / one used to require | |
| nous | impliquions | we used to require | |
| vous | impliquiez | you used to require | |
| ils / elles | impliquaient | they used to require |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce travail impliquait de nombreux déplacements.
Back then, this work used to require a lot of travel.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | impliquerai | I will require | |
| tu | impliqueras | you will require | |
| il / elle / on | impliquera | he / she / it will requireon: we will require / one will require | |
| nous | impliquerons | we will require | |
| vous | impliquerez | you will require | |
| ils / elles | impliqueront | they will require |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce travail impliquera de nombreux déplacements.
Later, this work will require a lot of travel.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | impliquerais | I would require | |
| tu | impliquerais | you would require | |
| il / elle / on | impliquerait | he / she / it would requireon: we would require / one would require | |
| nous | impliquerions | we would require | |
| vous | impliqueriez | you would require | |
| ils / elles | impliqueraient | they would require |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce travail impliquerait de nombreux déplacements.
This work would require a lot of travel.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | implique | (that) I require | |
| tu | impliques | (that) you require | |
| il / elle / on | implique | (that) he / she / it requireson: (that) we require / one requires | |
| nous | impliquions | (that) we require | |
| vous | impliquiez | (that) you require | |
| ils / elles | impliquent | (that) they require |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce travail implique de nombreux déplacements.
It is possible that this work requires a lot of travel.
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 implicate, to accuse
- to imply
- to involve
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