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 invest.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | investis | I invest | |
| tu | investis | you invest | |
| il / elle / on | investit | he / she / it investson: we invest / one invests | |
| nous | investissons | we invest | |
| vous | investissez | you invest | |
| ils / elles | investissent | they invest |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul investit dans un nouveau projet.
Paul invests in a new project.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai investi | I invested | |
| tu | as investi | you invested | |
| il / elle / on | a investi | he / she / it investedon: we invested / one invested | |
| nous | avons investi | we invested | |
| vous | avez investi | you invested | |
| ils / elles | ont investi | they invested |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a investi dans un nouveau projet.
Yesterday, Paul invested in a new 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’ | investissais | I used to invest | |
| tu | investissais | you used to invest | |
| il / elle / on | investissait | he / she / it used to investon: we used to invest / one used to invest | |
| nous | investissions | we used to invest | |
| vous | investissiez | you used to invest | |
| ils / elles | investissaient | they used to invest |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul investissait dans un nouveau projet.
Back then, Paul used to invest in a new project.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | investirai | I will invest | |
| tu | investiras | you will invest | |
| il / elle / on | investira | he / she / it will investon: we will invest / one will invest | |
| nous | investirons | we will invest | |
| vous | investirez | you will invest | |
| ils / elles | investiront | they will invest |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul investira dans un nouveau projet.
Later, Paul will invest in a new project.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | investirais | I would invest | |
| tu | investirais | you would invest | |
| il / elle / on | investirait | he / she / it would investon: we would invest / one would invest | |
| nous | investirions | we would invest | |
| vous | investiriez | you would invest | |
| ils / elles | investiraient | they would invest |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul investirait dans un nouveau projet.
Paul would invest in a new project.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | investisse | (that) I invest | |
| tu | investisses | (that) you invest | |
| il / elle / on | investisse | (that) he / she / it investson: (that) we invest / one invests | |
| nous | investissions | (that) we invest | |
| vous | investissiez | (that) you invest | |
| ils / elles | investissent | (that) they invest |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul investisse dans un nouveau projet.
It is possible that Paul invests in a new 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 invest
- to lay siege to, to besiege
- to install into office, to vest, to give formal authority to
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