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 navigate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | navigue | I navigate | |
| tu | navigues | you navigate | |
| il / elle / on | navigue | he / she / it navigateson: we navigate / one navigates | |
| nous | naviguons | we navigate | |
| vous | naviguez | you navigate | |
| ils / elles | naviguent | they navigate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul navigue le long de la côte.
Paul navigates along the coast.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai navigué | I navigated | |
| tu | as navigué | you navigated | |
| il / elle / on | a navigué | he / she / it navigatedon: we navigated / one navigated | |
| nous | avons navigué | we navigated | |
| vous | avez navigué | you navigated | |
| ils / elles | ont navigué | they navigated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a navigué le long de la côte.
Yesterday, Paul navigated along the coast.
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’ | naviguais | I used to navigate | |
| tu | naviguais | you used to navigate | |
| il / elle / on | naviguait | he / she / it used to navigateon: we used to navigate / one used to navigate | |
| nous | naviguions | we used to navigate | |
| vous | naviguiez | you used to navigate | |
| ils / elles | naviguaient | they used to navigate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul naviguait le long de la côte.
Back then, Paul used to navigate along the coast.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | naviguerai | I will navigate | |
| tu | navigueras | you will navigate | |
| il / elle / on | naviguera | he / she / it will navigateon: we will navigate / one will navigate | |
| nous | naviguerons | we will navigate | |
| vous | naviguerez | you will navigate | |
| ils / elles | navigueront | they will navigate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul naviguera le long de la côte.
Later, Paul will navigate along the coast.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | naviguerais | I would navigate | |
| tu | naviguerais | you would navigate | |
| il / elle / on | naviguerait | he / she / it would navigateon: we would navigate / one would navigate | |
| nous | naviguerions | we would navigate | |
| vous | navigueriez | you would navigate | |
| ils / elles | navigueraient | they would navigate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul naviguerait le long de la côte.
Paul would navigate along the coast.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | navigue | (that) I navigate | |
| tu | navigues | (that) you navigate | |
| il / elle / on | navigue | (that) he / she / it navigateson: (that) we navigate / one navigates | |
| nous | naviguions | (that) we navigate | |
| vous | naviguiez | (that) you navigate | |
| ils / elles | naviguent | (that) they navigate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul navigue le long de la côte.
It is possible that Paul navigates along the coast.
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 navigate
- to sail
- to browse
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