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 attach.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | joins | I attach | |
| tu | joins | you attach | |
| il / elle / on | joint | he / she / it attacheson: we attach / one attaches | |
| nous | joignons | we attach | |
| vous | joignez | you attach | |
| ils / elles | joignent | they attach |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul joint une photo à son message.
Paul attaches a photo to his message.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai joint | I attached | |
| tu | as joint | you attached | |
| il / elle / on | a joint | he / she / it attachedon: we attached / one attached | |
| nous | avons joint | we attached | |
| vous | avez joint | you attached | |
| ils / elles | ont joint | they attached |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a joint une photo à son message.
Yesterday, Paul attached a photo to his message.
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’ | joignais | I used to attach | |
| tu | joignais | you used to attach | |
| il / elle / on | joignait | he / she / it used to attachon: we used to attach / one used to attach | |
| nous | joignions | we used to attach | |
| vous | joigniez | you used to attach | |
| ils / elles | joignaient | they used to attach |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul joignait une photo à son message.
Back then, Paul used to attach a photo to his message.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | joindrai | I will attach | |
| tu | joindras | you will attach | |
| il / elle / on | joindra | he / she / it will attachon: we will attach / one will attach | |
| nous | joindrons | we will attach | |
| vous | joindrez | you will attach | |
| ils / elles | joindront | they will attach |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul joindra une photo à son message.
Later, Paul will attach a photo to his message.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | joindrais | I would attach | |
| tu | joindrais | you would attach | |
| il / elle / on | joindrait | he / she / it would attachon: we would attach / one would attach | |
| nous | joindrions | we would attach | |
| vous | joindriez | you would attach | |
| ils / elles | joindraient | they would attach |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul joindrait une photo à son message.
Paul would attach a photo to his message.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | joigne | (that) I attach | |
| tu | joignes | (that) you attach | |
| il / elle / on | joigne | (that) he / she / it attacheson: (that) we attach / one attaches | |
| nous | joignions | (that) we attach | |
| vous | joigniez | (that) you attach | |
| ils / elles | joignent | (that) they attach |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul joigne une photo à son message.
It is possible that Paul attaches a photo to his message.
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 join; to connect; to attach
- to join up
- to reach, to contact
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