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 show.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | manifeste | I show | |
| tu | manifestes | you show | |
| il / elle / on | manifeste | he / she / it showson: we show / one shows | |
| nous | manifestons | we show | |
| vous | manifestez | you show | |
| ils / elles | manifestent | they show |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul manifeste son intérêt pour le projet.
Paul shows his interest in the project.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai manifesté | I showed | |
| tu | as manifesté | you showed | |
| il / elle / on | a manifesté | he / she / it showedon: we showed / one showed | |
| nous | avons manifesté | we showed | |
| vous | avez manifesté | you showed | |
| ils / elles | ont manifesté | they showed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a manifesté son intérêt pour le projet.
Yesterday, Paul showed his interest in the project.
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’ | manifestais | I used to show | |
| tu | manifestais | you used to show | |
| il / elle / on | manifestait | he / she / it used to showon: we used to show / one used to show | |
| nous | manifestions | we used to show | |
| vous | manifestiez | you used to show | |
| ils / elles | manifestaient | they used to show |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul manifestait son intérêt pour le projet.
Back then, Paul used to show his interest in the project.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | manifesterai | I will show | |
| tu | manifesteras | you will show | |
| il / elle / on | manifestera | he / she / it will showon: we will show / one will show | |
| nous | manifesterons | we will show | |
| vous | manifesterez | you will show | |
| ils / elles | manifesteront | they will show |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul manifestera son intérêt pour le projet.
Later, Paul will show his interest in the project.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | manifesterais | I would show | |
| tu | manifesterais | you would show | |
| il / elle / on | manifesterait | he / she / it would showon: we would show / one would show | |
| nous | manifesterions | we would show | |
| vous | manifesteriez | you would show | |
| ils / elles | manifesteraient | they would show |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul manifesterait son intérêt pour le projet.
Paul would show his interest in the project.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | manifeste | (that) I show | |
| tu | manifestes | (that) you show | |
| il / elle / on | manifeste | (that) he / she / it showson: (that) we show / one shows | |
| nous | manifestions | (that) we show | |
| vous | manifestiez | (that) you show | |
| ils / elles | manifestent | (that) they show |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul manifeste son intérêt pour le projet.
It is possible that Paul shows his interest in the project.
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 manifest or demonstrate
- to protest (to speak out against something)
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