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 measure.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mesure | I measure | |
| tu | mesures | you measure | |
| il / elle / on | mesure | he / she / it measureson: we measure / one measures | |
| nous | mesurons | we measure | |
| vous | mesurez | you measure | |
| ils / elles | mesurent | they measure |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul mesure la largeur de la table.
Paul measures the width of the table.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai mesuré | I measured | |
| tu | as mesuré | you measured | |
| il / elle / on | a mesuré | he / she / it measuredon: we measured / one measured | |
| nous | avons mesuré | we measured | |
| vous | avez mesuré | you measured | |
| ils / elles | ont mesuré | they measured |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a mesuré la largeur de la table.
Yesterday, Paul measured the width of the table.
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’ | mesurais | I used to measure | |
| tu | mesurais | you used to measure | |
| il / elle / on | mesurait | he / she / it used to measureon: we used to measure / one used to measure | |
| nous | mesurions | we used to measure | |
| vous | mesuriez | you used to measure | |
| ils / elles | mesuraient | they used to measure |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul mesurait la largeur de la table.
Back then, Paul used to measure the width of the table.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mesurerai | I will measure | |
| tu | mesureras | you will measure | |
| il / elle / on | mesurera | he / she / it will measureon: we will measure / one will measure | |
| nous | mesurerons | we will measure | |
| vous | mesurerez | you will measure | |
| ils / elles | mesureront | they will measure |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul mesurera la largeur de la table.
Later, Paul will measure the width of the table.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mesurerais | I would measure | |
| tu | mesurerais | you would measure | |
| il / elle / on | mesurerait | he / she / it would measureon: we would measure / one would measure | |
| nous | mesurerions | we would measure | |
| vous | mesureriez | you would measure | |
| ils / elles | mesureraient | they would measure |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul mesurerait la largeur de la table.
Paul would measure the width of the table.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mesure | (that) I measure | |
| tu | mesures | (that) you measure | |
| il / elle / on | mesure | (that) he / she / it measureson: (that) we measure / one measures | |
| nous | mesurions | (that) we measure | |
| vous | mesuriez | (that) you measure | |
| ils / elles | mesurent | (that) they measure |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul mesure la largeur de la table.
It is possible that Paul measures the width of the table.
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 measure
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