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 manage.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | manage | I manage | |
| tu | manages | you manage | |
| il / elle / on | manage | he / she / it manageson: we manage / one manages | |
| nous | manageons | we manage | |
| vous | managez | you manage | |
| ils / elles | managent | they manage |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul manage une équipe de rugby.
Paul manages a rugby team.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai managé | I managed | |
| tu | as managé | you managed | |
| il / elle / on | a managé | he / she / it managedon: we managed / one managed | |
| nous | avons managé | we managed | |
| vous | avez managé | you managed | |
| ils / elles | ont managé | they managed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a managé une équipe de rugby.
Yesterday, Paul managed a rugby team.
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’ | manageais | I used to manage | |
| tu | manageais | you used to manage | |
| il / elle / on | manageait | he / she / it used to manageon: we used to manage / one used to manage | |
| nous | managions | we used to manage | |
| vous | managiez | you used to manage | |
| ils / elles | manageaient | they used to manage |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul manageait une équipe de rugby.
Back then, Paul used to manage a rugby team.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | managerai | I will manage | |
| tu | manageras | you will manage | |
| il / elle / on | managera | he / she / it will manageon: we will manage / one will manage | |
| nous | managerons | we will manage | |
| vous | managerez | you will manage | |
| ils / elles | manageront | they will manage |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul managera une équipe de rugby.
Later, Paul will manage a rugby team.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | managerais | I would manage | |
| tu | managerais | you would manage | |
| il / elle / on | managerait | he / she / it would manageon: we would manage / one would manage | |
| nous | managerions | we would manage | |
| vous | manageriez | you would manage | |
| ils / elles | manageraient | they would manage |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul managerait une équipe de rugby.
Paul would manage a rugby team.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | manage | (that) I manage | |
| tu | manages | (that) you manage | |
| il / elle / on | manage | (that) he / she / it manageson: (that) we manage / one manages | |
| nous | managions | (that) we manage | |
| vous | managiez | (that) you manage | |
| ils / elles | managent | (that) they manage |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul manage une équipe de rugby.
It is possible that Paul manages a rugby team.
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 manage
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