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 neglect.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | néglige | I neglect | |
| tu | négliges | you neglect | |
| il / elle / on | néglige | he / she / it neglectson: we neglect / one neglects | |
| nous | négligeons | we neglect | |
| vous | négligez | you neglect | |
| ils / elles | négligent | they neglect |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul néglige l'entretien de son vélo.
Paul neglects the maintenance of his bicycle.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai négligé | I neglected | |
| tu | as négligé | you neglected | |
| il / elle / on | a négligé | he / she / it neglectedon: we neglected / one neglected | |
| nous | avons négligé | we neglected | |
| vous | avez négligé | you neglected | |
| ils / elles | ont négligé | they neglected |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a négligé l'entretien de son vélo.
Yesterday, Paul neglected the maintenance of his bicycle.
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’ | négligeais | I used to neglect | |
| tu | négligeais | you used to neglect | |
| il / elle / on | négligeait | he / she / it used to neglecton: we used to neglect / one used to neglect | |
| nous | négligions | we used to neglect | |
| vous | négligiez | you used to neglect | |
| ils / elles | négligeaient | they used to neglect |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul négligeait l'entretien de son vélo.
Back then, Paul used to neglect the maintenance of his bicycle.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | négligerai | I will neglect | |
| tu | négligeras | you will neglect | |
| il / elle / on | négligera | he / she / it will neglecton: we will neglect / one will neglect | |
| nous | négligerons | we will neglect | |
| vous | négligerez | you will neglect | |
| ils / elles | négligeront | they will neglect |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul négligera l'entretien de son vélo.
Later, Paul will neglect the maintenance of his bicycle.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | négligerais | I would neglect | |
| tu | négligerais | you would neglect | |
| il / elle / on | négligerait | he / she / it would neglecton: we would neglect / one would neglect | |
| nous | négligerions | we would neglect | |
| vous | négligeriez | you would neglect | |
| ils / elles | négligeraient | they would neglect |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul négligerait l'entretien de son vélo.
Paul would neglect the maintenance of his bicycle.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | néglige | (that) I neglect | |
| tu | négliges | (that) you neglect | |
| il / elle / on | néglige | (that) he / she / it neglectson: (that) we neglect / one neglects | |
| nous | négligions | (that) we neglect | |
| vous | négligiez | (that) you neglect | |
| ils / elles | négligent | (that) they neglect |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul néglige l'entretien de son vélo.
It is possible that Paul neglects the maintenance of his bicycle.
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 neglect
- to ignore (a detail)
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