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 flood.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | noie | I flood | |
| tu | noies | you flood | |
| il / elle / on | noie | he / she / it floodson: we flood / one floods | |
| nous | noyons | we flood | |
| vous | noyez | you flood | |
| ils / elles | noient | they flood |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
La pluie noie les champs près de la rivière.
The rain floods the fields near the river.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai noyé | I flooded | |
| tu | as noyé | you flooded | |
| il / elle / on | a noyé | he / she / it floodedon: we flooded / one flooded | |
| nous | avons noyé | we flooded | |
| vous | avez noyé | you flooded | |
| ils / elles | ont noyé | they flooded |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, la pluie a noyé les champs près de la rivière.
Yesterday, the rain flooded the fields near the river.
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’ | noyais | I used to flood | |
| tu | noyais | you used to flood | |
| il / elle / on | noyait | he / she / it used to floodon: we used to flood / one used to flood | |
| nous | noyions | we used to flood | |
| vous | noyiez | you used to flood | |
| ils / elles | noyaient | they used to flood |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, la pluie noyait les champs près de la rivière.
Back then, the rain used to flood the fields near the river.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | noierai | I will flood | |
| tu | noieras | you will flood | |
| il / elle / on | noiera | he / she / it will floodon: we will flood / one will flood | |
| nous | noierons | we will flood | |
| vous | noierez | you will flood | |
| ils / elles | noieront | they will flood |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, la pluie noiera les champs près de la rivière.
Later, the rain will flood the fields near the river.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | noierais | I would flood | |
| tu | noierais | you would flood | |
| il / elle / on | noierait | he / she / it would floodon: we would flood / one would flood | |
| nous | noierions | we would flood | |
| vous | noieriez | you would flood | |
| ils / elles | noieraient | they would flood |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
La pluie noierait les champs près de la rivière.
The rain would flood the fields near the river.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | noie | (that) I flood | |
| tu | noies | (that) you flood | |
| il / elle / on | noie | (that) he / she / it floodson: (that) we flood / one floods | |
| nous | noyions | (that) we flood | |
| vous | noyiez | (that) you flood | |
| ils / elles | noient | (that) they flood |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que la pluie noie les champs près de la rivière.
It is possible that the rain floods the fields near the river.
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 drown
- to dilute; to water down
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