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 deliver.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | livre | I deliver | |
| tu | livres | you deliver | |
| il / elle / on | livre | he / she / it deliverson: we deliver / one delivers | |
| nous | livrons | we deliver | |
| vous | livrez | you deliver | |
| ils / elles | livrent | they deliver |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul livre un colis à son voisin.
Paul delivers a package to his neighbor.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai livré | I delivered | |
| tu | as livré | you delivered | |
| il / elle / on | a livré | he / she / it deliveredon: we delivered / one delivered | |
| nous | avons livré | we delivered | |
| vous | avez livré | you delivered | |
| ils / elles | ont livré | they delivered |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a livré un colis à son voisin.
Yesterday, Paul delivered a package to his neighbor.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | livrais | I used to deliver | |
| tu | livrais | you used to deliver | |
| il / elle / on | livrait | he / she / it used to deliveron: we used to deliver / one used to deliver | |
| nous | livrions | we used to deliver | |
| vous | livriez | you used to deliver | |
| ils / elles | livraient | they used to deliver |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul livrait un colis à son voisin.
Back then, Paul used to deliver a package to his neighbor.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | livrerai | I will deliver | |
| tu | livreras | you will deliver | |
| il / elle / on | livrera | he / she / it will deliveron: we will deliver / one will deliver | |
| nous | livrerons | we will deliver | |
| vous | livrerez | you will deliver | |
| ils / elles | livreront | they will deliver |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul livrera un colis à son voisin.
Later, Paul will deliver a package to his neighbor.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | livrerais | I would deliver | |
| tu | livrerais | you would deliver | |
| il / elle / on | livrerait | he / she / it would deliveron: we would deliver / one would deliver | |
| nous | livrerions | we would deliver | |
| vous | livreriez | you would deliver | |
| ils / elles | livreraient | they would deliver |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul livrerait un colis à son voisin.
Paul would deliver a package to his neighbor.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | livre | (that) I deliver | |
| tu | livres | (that) you deliver | |
| il / elle / on | livre | (that) he / she / it deliverson: (that) we deliver / one delivers | |
| nous | livrions | (that) we deliver | |
| vous | livriez | (that) you deliver | |
| ils / elles | livrent | (that) they deliver |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul livre un colis à son voisin.
It is possible that Paul delivers a package to his neighbor.
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 deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
- to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
- to betray
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