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 mention.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mentionne | I mention | |
| tu | mentionnes | you mention | |
| il / elle / on | mentionne | he / she / it mentionson: we mention / one mentions | |
| nous | mentionnons | we mention | |
| vous | mentionnez | you mention | |
| ils / elles | mentionnent | they mention |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul mentionne cette expérience dans sa lettre.
Paul mentions this experience in his letter.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai mentionné | I mentioned | |
| tu | as mentionné | you mentioned | |
| il / elle / on | a mentionné | he / she / it mentionedon: we mentioned / one mentioned | |
| nous | avons mentionné | we mentioned | |
| vous | avez mentionné | you mentioned | |
| ils / elles | ont mentionné | they mentioned |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a mentionné cette expérience dans sa lettre.
Yesterday, Paul mentioned this experience in his letter.
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’ | mentionnais | I used to mention | |
| tu | mentionnais | you used to mention | |
| il / elle / on | mentionnait | he / she / it used to mentionon: we used to mention / one used to mention | |
| nous | mentionnions | we used to mention | |
| vous | mentionniez | you used to mention | |
| ils / elles | mentionnaient | they used to mention |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul mentionnait cette expérience dans sa lettre.
Back then, Paul used to mention this experience in his letter.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mentionnerai | I will mention | |
| tu | mentionneras | you will mention | |
| il / elle / on | mentionnera | he / she / it will mentionon: we will mention / one will mention | |
| nous | mentionnerons | we will mention | |
| vous | mentionnerez | you will mention | |
| ils / elles | mentionneront | they will mention |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul mentionnera cette expérience dans sa lettre.
Later, Paul will mention this experience in his letter.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mentionnerais | I would mention | |
| tu | mentionnerais | you would mention | |
| il / elle / on | mentionnerait | he / she / it would mentionon: we would mention / one would mention | |
| nous | mentionnerions | we would mention | |
| vous | mentionneriez | you would mention | |
| ils / elles | mentionneraient | they would mention |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul mentionnerait cette expérience dans sa lettre.
Paul would mention this experience in his letter.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mentionne | (that) I mention | |
| tu | mentionnes | (that) you mention | |
| il / elle / on | mentionne | (that) he / she / it mentionson: (that) we mention / one mentions | |
| nous | mentionnions | (that) we mention | |
| vous | mentionniez | (that) you mention | |
| ils / elles | mentionnent | (that) they mention |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul mentionne cette expérience dans sa lettre.
It is possible that Paul mentions this experience in his letter.
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 mention
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