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 interrupt.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | interromps | I interrupt | |
| tu | interromps | you interrupt | |
| il / elle / on | interrompt | he / she / it interruptson: we interrupt / one interrupts | |
| nous | interrompons | we interrupt | |
| vous | interrompez | you interrupt | |
| ils / elles | interrompent | they interrupt |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul interrompt la conversation.
Paul interrupts the conversation.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai interrompu | I interrupted | |
| tu | as interrompu | you interrupted | |
| il / elle / on | a interrompu | he / she / it interruptedon: we interrupted / one interrupted | |
| nous | avons interrompu | we interrupted | |
| vous | avez interrompu | you interrupted | |
| ils / elles | ont interrompu | they interrupted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a interrompu la conversation.
Yesterday, Paul interrupted the conversation.
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’ | interrompais | I used to interrupt | |
| tu | interrompais | you used to interrupt | |
| il / elle / on | interrompait | he / she / it used to interrupton: we used to interrupt / one used to interrupt | |
| nous | interrompions | we used to interrupt | |
| vous | interrompiez | you used to interrupt | |
| ils / elles | interrompaient | they used to interrupt |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul interrompait la conversation.
Back then, Paul used to interrupt the conversation.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | interromprai | I will interrupt | |
| tu | interrompras | you will interrupt | |
| il / elle / on | interrompra | he / she / it will interrupton: we will interrupt / one will interrupt | |
| nous | interromprons | we will interrupt | |
| vous | interromprez | you will interrupt | |
| ils / elles | interrompront | they will interrupt |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul interrompra la conversation.
Later, Paul will interrupt the conversation.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | interromprais | I would interrupt | |
| tu | interromprais | you would interrupt | |
| il / elle / on | interromprait | he / she / it would interrupton: we would interrupt / one would interrupt | |
| nous | interromprions | we would interrupt | |
| vous | interrompriez | you would interrupt | |
| ils / elles | interrompraient | they would interrupt |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul interromprait la conversation.
Paul would interrupt the conversation.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | interrompe | (that) I interrupt | |
| tu | interrompes | (that) you interrupt | |
| il / elle / on | interrompe | (that) he / she / it interruptson: (that) we interrupt / one interrupts | |
| nous | interrompions | (that) we interrupt | |
| vous | interrompiez | (that) you interrupt | |
| ils / elles | interrompent | (that) they interrupt |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul interrompe la conversation.
It is possible that Paul interrupts the conversation.
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 interrupt
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