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 lose weight.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | maigris | I lose weight | |
| tu | maigris | you lose weight | |
| il / elle / on | maigrit | he / she / it loses weighton: we lose weight / one loses weight | |
| nous | maigrissons | we lose weight | |
| vous | maigrissez | you lose weight | |
| ils / elles | maigrissent | they lose weight |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul maigrit progressivement.
Paul loses weight gradually.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai maigri | I lost weight | |
| tu | as maigri | you lost weight | |
| il / elle / on | a maigri | he / she / it lost weighton: we lost weight / one lost weight | |
| nous | avons maigri | we lost weight | |
| vous | avez maigri | you lost weight | |
| ils / elles | ont maigri | they lost weight |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a maigri progressivement.
Yesterday, Paul lost weight gradually.
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’ | maigrissais | I used to lose weight | |
| tu | maigrissais | you used to lose weight | |
| il / elle / on | maigrissait | he / she / it used to lose weighton: we used to lose weight / one used to lose weight | |
| nous | maigrissions | we used to lose weight | |
| vous | maigrissiez | you used to lose weight | |
| ils / elles | maigrissaient | they used to lose weight |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul maigrissait progressivement.
Back then, Paul used to lose weight gradually.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | maigrirai | I will lose weight | |
| tu | maigriras | you will lose weight | |
| il / elle / on | maigrira | he / she / it will lose weighton: we will lose weight / one will lose weight | |
| nous | maigrirons | we will lose weight | |
| vous | maigrirez | you will lose weight | |
| ils / elles | maigriront | they will lose weight |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul maigrira progressivement.
Later, Paul will lose weight gradually.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | maigrirais | I would lose weight | |
| tu | maigrirais | you would lose weight | |
| il / elle / on | maigrirait | he / she / it would lose weighton: we would lose weight / one would lose weight | |
| nous | maigririons | we would lose weight | |
| vous | maigririez | you would lose weight | |
| ils / elles | maigriraient | they would lose weight |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul maigrirait progressivement.
Paul would lose weight gradually.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | maigrisse | (that) I lose weight | |
| tu | maigrisses | (that) you lose weight | |
| il / elle / on | maigrisse | (that) he / she / it loses weighton: (that) we lose weight / one loses weight | |
| nous | maigrissions | (that) we lose weight | |
| vous | maigrissiez | (that) you lose weight | |
| ils / elles | maigrissent | (that) they lose weight |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul maigrisse progressivement.
It is possible that Paul loses weight gradually.
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 slim, to get slim, to lose weight
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