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 question.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | interroge | I question | |
| tu | interroges | you question | |
| il / elle / on | interroge | he / she / it questionson: we question / one questions | |
| nous | interrogeons | we question | |
| vous | interrogez | you question | |
| ils / elles | interrogent | they question |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le journaliste interroge le maire sur ce projet.
The journalist questions the mayor about this project.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai interrogé | I questioned | |
| tu | as interrogé | you questioned | |
| il / elle / on | a interrogé | he / she / it questionedon: we questioned / one questioned | |
| nous | avons interrogé | we questioned | |
| vous | avez interrogé | you questioned | |
| ils / elles | ont interrogé | they questioned |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le journaliste a interrogé le maire sur ce projet.
Yesterday, the journalist questioned the mayor about this project.
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’ | interrogeais | I used to question | |
| tu | interrogeais | you used to question | |
| il / elle / on | interrogeait | he / she / it used to questionon: we used to question / one used to question | |
| nous | interrogions | we used to question | |
| vous | interrogiez | you used to question | |
| ils / elles | interrogeaient | they used to question |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le journaliste interrogeait le maire sur ce projet.
Back then, the journalist used to question the mayor about this project.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | interrogerai | I will question | |
| tu | interrogeras | you will question | |
| il / elle / on | interrogera | he / she / it will questionon: we will question / one will question | |
| nous | interrogerons | we will question | |
| vous | interrogerez | you will question | |
| ils / elles | interrogeront | they will question |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le journaliste interrogera le maire sur ce projet.
Later, the journalist will question the mayor about this project.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | interrogerais | I would question | |
| tu | interrogerais | you would question | |
| il / elle / on | interrogerait | he / she / it would questionon: we would question / one would question | |
| nous | interrogerions | we would question | |
| vous | interrogeriez | you would question | |
| ils / elles | interrogeraient | they would question |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le journaliste interrogerait le maire sur ce projet.
The journalist would question the mayor about this project.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | interroge | (that) I question | |
| tu | interroges | (that) you question | |
| il / elle / on | interroge | (that) he / she / it questionson: (that) we question / one questions | |
| nous | interrogions | (that) we question | |
| vous | interrogiez | (that) you question | |
| ils / elles | interrogent | (that) they question |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le journaliste interroge le maire sur ce projet.
It is possible that the journalist questions the mayor about this project.
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 question, interrogate
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