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 include.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | inclus | I include | |
| tu | inclus | you include | |
| il / elle / on | inclut | he / she / it includeson: we include / one includes | |
| nous | incluons | we include | |
| vous | incluez | you include | |
| ils / elles | incluent | they include |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce prix inclut le petit déjeuner.
This price includes breakfast.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai inclus | I included | |
| tu | as inclus | you included | |
| il / elle / on | a inclus | he / she / it includedon: we included / one included | |
| nous | avons inclus | we included | |
| vous | avez inclus | you included | |
| ils / elles | ont inclus | they included |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce prix a inclus le petit déjeuner.
Yesterday, this price included breakfast.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | incluais | I used to include | |
| tu | incluais | you used to include | |
| il / elle / on | incluait | he / she / it used to includeon: we used to include / one used to include | |
| nous | incluions | we used to include | |
| vous | incluiez | you used to include | |
| ils / elles | incluaient | they used to include |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce prix incluait le petit déjeuner.
Back then, this price used to include breakfast.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | inclurai | I will include | |
| tu | incluras | you will include | |
| il / elle / on | inclura | he / she / it will includeon: we will include / one will include | |
| nous | inclurons | we will include | |
| vous | inclurez | you will include | |
| ils / elles | incluront | they will include |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce prix inclura le petit déjeuner.
Later, this price will include breakfast.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | inclurais | I would include | |
| tu | inclurais | you would include | |
| il / elle / on | inclurait | he / she / it would includeon: we would include / one would include | |
| nous | inclurions | we would include | |
| vous | incluriez | you would include | |
| ils / elles | incluraient | they would include |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce prix inclurait le petit déjeuner.
This price would include breakfast.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | inclue | (that) I include | |
| tu | inclues | (that) you include | |
| il / elle / on | inclue | (that) he / she / it includeson: (that) we include / one includes | |
| nous | incluions | (that) we include | |
| vous | incluiez | (that) you include | |
| ils / elles | incluent | (that) they include |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce prix inclue le petit déjeuner.
It is possible that this price includes breakfast.
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 include
- to enclose (attach document, file)
- to feature (important aspect, design, information, event)
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