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 mobilize.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mobilise | I mobilize | |
| tu | mobilises | you mobilize | |
| il / elle / on | mobilise | he / she / it mobilizeson: we mobilize / one mobilizes | |
| nous | mobilisons | we mobilize | |
| vous | mobilisez | you mobilize | |
| ils / elles | mobilisent | they mobilize |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul mobilise les bénévoles du quartier.
Paul mobilizes the neighborhood volunteers.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai mobilisé | I mobilized | |
| tu | as mobilisé | you mobilized | |
| il / elle / on | a mobilisé | he / she / it mobilizedon: we mobilized / one mobilized | |
| nous | avons mobilisé | we mobilized | |
| vous | avez mobilisé | you mobilized | |
| ils / elles | ont mobilisé | they mobilized |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a mobilisé les bénévoles du quartier.
Yesterday, Paul mobilized the neighborhood volunteers.
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’ | mobilisais | I used to mobilize | |
| tu | mobilisais | you used to mobilize | |
| il / elle / on | mobilisait | he / she / it used to mobilizeon: we used to mobilize / one used to mobilize | |
| nous | mobilisions | we used to mobilize | |
| vous | mobilisiez | you used to mobilize | |
| ils / elles | mobilisaient | they used to mobilize |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul mobilisait les bénévoles du quartier.
Back then, Paul used to mobilize the neighborhood volunteers.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mobiliserai | I will mobilize | |
| tu | mobiliseras | you will mobilize | |
| il / elle / on | mobilisera | he / she / it will mobilizeon: we will mobilize / one will mobilize | |
| nous | mobiliserons | we will mobilize | |
| vous | mobiliserez | you will mobilize | |
| ils / elles | mobiliseront | they will mobilize |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul mobilisera les bénévoles du quartier.
Later, Paul will mobilize the neighborhood volunteers.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mobiliserais | I would mobilize | |
| tu | mobiliserais | you would mobilize | |
| il / elle / on | mobiliserait | he / she / it would mobilizeon: we would mobilize / one would mobilize | |
| nous | mobiliserions | we would mobilize | |
| vous | mobiliseriez | you would mobilize | |
| ils / elles | mobiliseraient | they would mobilize |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul mobiliserait les bénévoles du quartier.
Paul would mobilize the neighborhood volunteers.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | mobilise | (that) I mobilize | |
| tu | mobilises | (that) you mobilize | |
| il / elle / on | mobilise | (that) he / she / it mobilizeson: (that) we mobilize / one mobilizes | |
| nous | mobilisions | (that) we mobilize | |
| vous | mobilisiez | (that) you mobilize | |
| ils / elles | mobilisent | (that) they mobilize |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul mobilise les bénévoles du quartier.
It is possible that Paul mobilizes the neighborhood volunteers.
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 mobilize
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