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 mix.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mêle | I mix | |
| tu | mêles | you mix | |
| il / elle / on | mêle | he / she / it mixeson: we mix / one mixes | |
| nous | mêlons | we mix | |
| vous | mêlez | you mix | |
| ils / elles | mêlent | they mix |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul mêle les couleurs sur sa palette.
Paul mixes the colours on his palette.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai mêlé | I mixed | |
| tu | as mêlé | you mixed | |
| il / elle / on | a mêlé | he / she / it mixedon: we mixed / one mixed | |
| nous | avons mêlé | we mixed | |
| vous | avez mêlé | you mixed | |
| ils / elles | ont mêlé | they mixed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a mêlé les couleurs sur sa palette.
Yesterday, Paul mixed the colours on his palette.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mêlais | I used to mix | |
| tu | mêlais | you used to mix | |
| il / elle / on | mêlait | he / she / it used to mixon: we used to mix / one used to mix | |
| nous | mêlions | we used to mix | |
| vous | mêliez | you used to mix | |
| ils / elles | mêlaient | they used to mix |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul mêlait les couleurs sur sa palette.
Back then, Paul used to mix the colours on his palette.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mêlerai | I will mix | |
| tu | mêleras | you will mix | |
| il / elle / on | mêlera | he / she / it will mixon: we will mix / one will mix | |
| nous | mêlerons | we will mix | |
| vous | mêlerez | you will mix | |
| ils / elles | mêleront | they will mix |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul mêlera les couleurs sur sa palette.
Later, Paul will mix the colours on his palette.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mêlerais | I would mix | |
| tu | mêlerais | you would mix | |
| il / elle / on | mêlerait | he / she / it would mixon: we would mix / one would mix | |
| nous | mêlerions | we would mix | |
| vous | mêleriez | you would mix | |
| ils / elles | mêleraient | they would mix |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul mêlerait les couleurs sur sa palette.
Paul would mix the colours on his palette.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mêle | (that) I mix | |
| tu | mêles | (that) you mix | |
| il / elle / on | mêle | (that) he / she / it mixeson: (that) we mix / one mixes | |
| nous | mêlions | (that) we mix | |
| vous | mêliez | (that) you mix | |
| ils / elles | mêlent | (that) they mix |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul mêle les couleurs sur sa palette.
It is possible that Paul mixes the colours on his palette.
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 mix
- to shuffle
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