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 marry.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | marie | I marry | |
| tu | maries | you marry | |
| il / elle / on | marie | he / she / it marrieson: we marry / one marries | |
| nous | marions | we marry | |
| vous | mariez | you marry | |
| ils / elles | marient | they marry |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le maire marie ce couple.
The mayor marries this couple.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai marié | I married | |
| tu | as marié | you married | |
| il / elle / on | a marié | he / she / it marriedon: we married / one married | |
| nous | avons marié | we married | |
| vous | avez marié | you married | |
| ils / elles | ont marié | they married |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le maire a marié ce couple.
Yesterday, the mayor married this couple.
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’ | mariais | I used to marry | |
| tu | mariais | you used to marry | |
| il / elle / on | mariait | he / she / it used to marryon: we used to marry / one used to marry | |
| nous | mariions | we used to marry | |
| vous | mariiez | you used to marry | |
| ils / elles | mariaient | they used to marry |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le maire mariait ce couple.
Back then, the mayor used to marry this couple.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | marierai | I will marry | |
| tu | marieras | you will marry | |
| il / elle / on | mariera | he / she / it will marryon: we will marry / one will marry | |
| nous | marierons | we will marry | |
| vous | marierez | you will marry | |
| ils / elles | marieront | they will marry |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le maire mariera ce couple.
Later, the mayor will marry this couple.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | marierais | I would marry | |
| tu | marierais | you would marry | |
| il / elle / on | marierait | he / she / it would marryon: we would marry / one would marry | |
| nous | marierions | we would marry | |
| vous | marieriez | you would marry | |
| ils / elles | marieraient | they would marry |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le maire marierait ce couple.
The mayor would marry this couple.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | marie | (that) I marry | |
| tu | maries | (that) you marry | |
| il / elle / on | marie | (that) he / she / it marrieson: (that) we marry / one marries | |
| nous | mariions | (that) we marry | |
| vous | mariiez | (that) you marry | |
| ils / elles | marient | (that) they marry |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le maire marie ce couple.
It is possible that the mayor marries this couple.
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.”
Marier can mean to perform a marriage ceremony. Se marier means to get married.
Meaning & usage
- to marry, to marry off; to perform or cause the marriage of
- to wed, to marry (one's spouse)
- to put things together to advantage (because of suitable colours, flavours, etc.); to combine things that go well together
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