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 officiate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | officie | I officiate | |
| tu | officies | you officiate | |
| il / elle / on | officie | he / she / it officiateson: we officiate / one officiates | |
| nous | officions | we officiate | |
| vous | officiez | you officiate | |
| ils / elles | officient | they officiate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul officie lors de la cérémonie.
Paul officiates at the ceremony.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai officié | I officiated | |
| tu | as officié | you officiated | |
| il / elle / on | a officié | he / she / it officiatedon: we officiated / one officiated | |
| nous | avons officié | we officiated | |
| vous | avez officié | you officiated | |
| ils / elles | ont officié | they officiated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a officié lors de la cérémonie.
Yesterday, Paul officiated at the ceremony.
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’ | officiais | I used to officiate | |
| tu | officiais | you used to officiate | |
| il / elle / on | officiait | he / she / it used to officiateon: we used to officiate / one used to officiate | |
| nous | officiions | we used to officiate | |
| vous | officiiez | you used to officiate | |
| ils / elles | officiaient | they used to officiate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul officiait lors de la cérémonie.
Back then, Paul used to officiate at the ceremony.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | officierai | I will officiate | |
| tu | officieras | you will officiate | |
| il / elle / on | officiera | he / she / it will officiateon: we will officiate / one will officiate | |
| nous | officierons | we will officiate | |
| vous | officierez | you will officiate | |
| ils / elles | officieront | they will officiate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul officiera lors de la cérémonie.
Later, Paul will officiate at the ceremony.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | officierais | I would officiate | |
| tu | officierais | you would officiate | |
| il / elle / on | officierait | he / she / it would officiateon: we would officiate / one would officiate | |
| nous | officierions | we would officiate | |
| vous | officieriez | you would officiate | |
| ils / elles | officieraient | they would officiate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul officierait lors de la cérémonie.
Paul would officiate at the ceremony.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | officie | (that) I officiate | |
| tu | officies | (that) you officiate | |
| il / elle / on | officie | (that) he / she / it officiateson: (that) we officiate / one officiates | |
| nous | officiions | (that) we officiate | |
| vous | officiiez | (that) you officiate | |
| ils / elles | officient | (that) they officiate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul officie lors de la cérémonie.
It is possible that Paul officiates at the ceremony.
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 officiate
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