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 locate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | localise | I locate | |
| tu | localises | you locate | |
| il / elle / on | localise | he / she / it locateson: we locate / one locates | |
| nous | localisons | we locate | |
| vous | localisez | you locate | |
| ils / elles | localisent | they locate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul localise la panne dans le moteur.
Paul locates the fault in the engine.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai localisé | I located | |
| tu | as localisé | you located | |
| il / elle / on | a localisé | he / she / it locatedon: we located / one located | |
| nous | avons localisé | we located | |
| vous | avez localisé | you located | |
| ils / elles | ont localisé | they located |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a localisé la panne dans le moteur.
Yesterday, Paul located the fault in the engine.
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’ | localisais | I used to locate | |
| tu | localisais | you used to locate | |
| il / elle / on | localisait | he / she / it used to locateon: we used to locate / one used to locate | |
| nous | localisions | we used to locate | |
| vous | localisiez | you used to locate | |
| ils / elles | localisaient | they used to locate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul localisait la panne dans le moteur.
Back then, Paul used to locate the fault in the engine.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | localiserai | I will locate | |
| tu | localiseras | you will locate | |
| il / elle / on | localisera | he / she / it will locateon: we will locate / one will locate | |
| nous | localiserons | we will locate | |
| vous | localiserez | you will locate | |
| ils / elles | localiseront | they will locate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul localisera la panne dans le moteur.
Later, Paul will locate the fault in the engine.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | localiserais | I would locate | |
| tu | localiserais | you would locate | |
| il / elle / on | localiserait | he / she / it would locateon: we would locate / one would locate | |
| nous | localiserions | we would locate | |
| vous | localiseriez | you would locate | |
| ils / elles | localiseraient | they would locate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul localiserait la panne dans le moteur.
Paul would locate the fault in the engine.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | localise | (that) I locate | |
| tu | localises | (that) you locate | |
| il / elle / on | localise | (that) he / she / it locateson: (that) we locate / one locates | |
| nous | localisions | (that) we locate | |
| vous | localisiez | (that) you locate | |
| ils / elles | localisent | (that) they locate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul localise la panne dans le moteur.
It is possible that Paul locates the fault in the engine.
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 locate; to run to ground, to run to earth
- to localise
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