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 print.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | imprime | I print | |
| tu | imprimes | you print | |
| il / elle / on | imprime | he / she / it printson: we print / one prints | |
| nous | imprimons | we print | |
| vous | imprimez | you print | |
| ils / elles | impriment | they print |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul imprime le document en deux exemplaires.
Paul prints two copies of the document.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai imprimé | I printed | |
| tu | as imprimé | you printed | |
| il / elle / on | a imprimé | he / she / it printedon: we printed / one printed | |
| nous | avons imprimé | we printed | |
| vous | avez imprimé | you printed | |
| ils / elles | ont imprimé | they printed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a imprimé le document en deux exemplaires.
Yesterday, Paul printed two copies of the document.
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’ | imprimais | I used to print | |
| tu | imprimais | you used to print | |
| il / elle / on | imprimait | he / she / it used to printon: we used to print / one used to print | |
| nous | imprimions | we used to print | |
| vous | imprimiez | you used to print | |
| ils / elles | imprimaient | they used to print |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul imprimait le document en deux exemplaires.
Back then, Paul used to print two copies of the document.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | imprimerai | I will print | |
| tu | imprimeras | you will print | |
| il / elle / on | imprimera | he / she / it will printon: we will print / one will print | |
| nous | imprimerons | we will print | |
| vous | imprimerez | you will print | |
| ils / elles | imprimeront | they will print |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul imprimera le document en deux exemplaires.
Later, Paul will print two copies of the document.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | imprimerais | I would print | |
| tu | imprimerais | you would print | |
| il / elle / on | imprimerait | he / she / it would printon: we would print / one would print | |
| nous | imprimerions | we would print | |
| vous | imprimeriez | you would print | |
| ils / elles | imprimeraient | they would print |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul imprimerait le document en deux exemplaires.
Paul would print two copies of the document.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | imprime | (that) I print | |
| tu | imprimes | (that) you print | |
| il / elle / on | imprime | (that) he / she / it printson: (that) we print / one prints | |
| nous | imprimions | (that) we print | |
| vous | imprimiez | (that) you print | |
| ils / elles | impriment | (that) they print |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul imprime le document en deux exemplaires.
It is possible that Paul prints two copies of the document.
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 print, to print out
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