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 stay.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | loge | I stay | |
| tu | loges | you stay | |
| il / elle / on | loge | he / she / it stayson: we stay / one stays | |
| nous | logeons | we stay | |
| vous | logez | you stay | |
| ils / elles | logent | they stay |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul loge chez son frère pendant le voyage.
Paul stays at his brother's home during the trip.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai logé | I stayed | |
| tu | as logé | you stayed | |
| il / elle / on | a logé | he / she / it stayedon: we stayed / one stayed | |
| nous | avons logé | we stayed | |
| vous | avez logé | you stayed | |
| ils / elles | ont logé | they stayed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a logé chez son frère pendant le voyage.
Yesterday, Paul stayed at his brother's home during the trip.
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’ | logeais | I used to stay | |
| tu | logeais | you used to stay | |
| il / elle / on | logeait | he / she / it used to stayon: we used to stay / one used to stay | |
| nous | logions | we used to stay | |
| vous | logiez | you used to stay | |
| ils / elles | logeaient | they used to stay |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul logeait chez son frère pendant le voyage.
Back then, Paul used to stay at his brother's home during the trip.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | logerai | I will stay | |
| tu | logeras | you will stay | |
| il / elle / on | logera | he / she / it will stayon: we will stay / one will stay | |
| nous | logerons | we will stay | |
| vous | logerez | you will stay | |
| ils / elles | logeront | they will stay |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul logera chez son frère pendant le voyage.
Later, Paul will stay at his brother's home during the trip.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | logerais | I would stay | |
| tu | logerais | you would stay | |
| il / elle / on | logerait | he / she / it would stayon: we would stay / one would stay | |
| nous | logerions | we would stay | |
| vous | logeriez | you would stay | |
| ils / elles | logeraient | they would stay |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul logerait chez son frère pendant le voyage.
Paul would stay at his brother's home during the trip.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | loge | (that) I stay | |
| tu | loges | (that) you stay | |
| il / elle / on | loge | (that) he / she / it stayson: (that) we stay / one stays | |
| nous | logions | (that) we stay | |
| vous | logiez | (that) you stay | |
| ils / elles | logent | (that) they stay |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul loge chez son frère pendant le voyage.
It is possible that Paul stays at his brother's home during the trip.
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 lodge, to stay, to be lodging (to temporarily inhabit)
- to find (someone) a place to stay
- to fit into
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