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 multiply.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | multiplie | I multiply | |
| tu | multiplies | you multiply | |
| il / elle / on | multiplie | he / she / it multiplieson: we multiply / one multiplies | |
| nous | multiplions | we multiply | |
| vous | multipliez | you multiply | |
| ils / elles | multiplient | they multiply |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul multiplie le prix par le nombre de places.
Paul multiplies the price by the number of seats.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai multiplié | I multiplied | |
| tu | as multiplié | you multiplied | |
| il / elle / on | a multiplié | he / she / it multipliedon: we multiplied / one multiplied | |
| nous | avons multiplié | we multiplied | |
| vous | avez multiplié | you multiplied | |
| ils / elles | ont multiplié | they multiplied |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a multiplié le prix par le nombre de places.
Yesterday, Paul multiplied the price by the number of seats.
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’ | multipliais | I used to multiply | |
| tu | multipliais | you used to multiply | |
| il / elle / on | multipliait | he / she / it used to multiplyon: we used to multiply / one used to multiply | |
| nous | multipliions | we used to multiply | |
| vous | multipliiez | you used to multiply | |
| ils / elles | multipliaient | they used to multiply |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul multipliait le prix par le nombre de places.
Back then, Paul used to multiply the price by the number of seats.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | multiplierai | I will multiply | |
| tu | multiplieras | you will multiply | |
| il / elle / on | multipliera | he / she / it will multiplyon: we will multiply / one will multiply | |
| nous | multiplierons | we will multiply | |
| vous | multiplierez | you will multiply | |
| ils / elles | multiplieront | they will multiply |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul multipliera le prix par le nombre de places.
Later, Paul will multiply the price by the number of seats.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | multiplierais | I would multiply | |
| tu | multiplierais | you would multiply | |
| il / elle / on | multiplierait | he / she / it would multiplyon: we would multiply / one would multiply | |
| nous | multiplierions | we would multiply | |
| vous | multiplieriez | you would multiply | |
| ils / elles | multiplieraient | they would multiply |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul multiplierait le prix par le nombre de places.
Paul would multiply the price by the number of seats.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | multiplie | (that) I multiply | |
| tu | multiplies | (that) you multiply | |
| il / elle / on | multiplie | (that) he / she / it multiplieson: (that) we multiply / one multiplies | |
| nous | multipliions | (that) we multiply | |
| vous | multipliiez | (that) you multiply | |
| ils / elles | multiplient | (that) they multiply |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul multiplie le prix par le nombre de places.
It is possible that Paul multiplies the price by the number of seats.
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 multiply
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