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 judge.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | juge | I judge | |
| tu | juges | you judge | |
| il / elle / on | juge | he / she / it judgeson: we judge / one judges | |
| nous | jugeons | we judge | |
| vous | jugez | you judge | |
| ils / elles | jugent | they judge |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul juge la situation avec calme.
Paul judges the situation calmly.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai jugé | I judged | |
| tu | as jugé | you judged | |
| il / elle / on | a jugé | he / she / it judgedon: we judged / one judged | |
| nous | avons jugé | we judged | |
| vous | avez jugé | you judged | |
| ils / elles | ont jugé | they judged |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a jugé la situation avec calme.
Yesterday, Paul judged the situation calmly.
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’ | jugeais | I used to judge | |
| tu | jugeais | you used to judge | |
| il / elle / on | jugeait | he / she / it used to judgeon: we used to judge / one used to judge | |
| nous | jugions | we used to judge | |
| vous | jugiez | you used to judge | |
| ils / elles | jugeaient | they used to judge |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul jugeait la situation avec calme.
Back then, Paul used to judge the situation calmly.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | jugerai | I will judge | |
| tu | jugeras | you will judge | |
| il / elle / on | jugera | he / she / it will judgeon: we will judge / one will judge | |
| nous | jugerons | we will judge | |
| vous | jugerez | you will judge | |
| ils / elles | jugeront | they will judge |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul jugera la situation avec calme.
Later, Paul will judge the situation calmly.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | jugerais | I would judge | |
| tu | jugerais | you would judge | |
| il / elle / on | jugerait | he / she / it would judgeon: we would judge / one would judge | |
| nous | jugerions | we would judge | |
| vous | jugeriez | you would judge | |
| ils / elles | jugeraient | they would judge |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul jugerait la situation avec calme.
Paul would judge the situation calmly.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | juge | (that) I judge | |
| tu | juges | (that) you judge | |
| il / elle / on | juge | (that) he / she / it judgeson: (that) we judge / one judges | |
| nous | jugions | (that) we judge | |
| vous | jugiez | (that) you judge | |
| ils / elles | jugent | (that) they judge |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul juge la situation avec calme.
It is possible that Paul judges the situation calmly.
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 judge, to try
- to judge, to deem
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