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 offer.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | offre | I offer | |
| tu | offres | you offer | |
| il / elle / on | offre | he / she / it offerson: we offer / one offers | |
| nous | offrons | we offer | |
| vous | offrez | you offer | |
| ils / elles | offrent | they offer |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul offre un café à son ami.
Paul offers a coffee to his friend.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai offert | I offered | |
| tu | as offert | you offered | |
| il / elle / on | a offert | he / she / it offeredon: we offered / one offered | |
| nous | avons offert | we offered | |
| vous | avez offert | you offered | |
| ils / elles | ont offert | they offered |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a offert un café à son ami.
Yesterday, Paul offered a coffee to his friend.
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’ | offrais | I used to offer | |
| tu | offrais | you used to offer | |
| il / elle / on | offrait | he / she / it used to offeron: we used to offer / one used to offer | |
| nous | offrions | we used to offer | |
| vous | offriez | you used to offer | |
| ils / elles | offraient | they used to offer |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul offrait un café à son ami.
Back then, Paul used to offer a coffee to his friend.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | offrirai | I will offer | |
| tu | offriras | you will offer | |
| il / elle / on | offrira | he / she / it will offeron: we will offer / one will offer | |
| nous | offrirons | we will offer | |
| vous | offrirez | you will offer | |
| ils / elles | offriront | they will offer |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul offrira un café à son ami.
Later, Paul will offer a coffee to his friend.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | offrirais | I would offer | |
| tu | offrirais | you would offer | |
| il / elle / on | offrirait | he / she / it would offeron: we would offer / one would offer | |
| nous | offririons | we would offer | |
| vous | offririez | you would offer | |
| ils / elles | offriraient | they would offer |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul offrirait un café à son ami.
Paul would offer a coffee to his friend.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | offre | (that) I offer | |
| tu | offres | (that) you offer | |
| il / elle / on | offre | (that) he / she / it offerson: (that) we offer / one offers | |
| nous | offrions | (that) we offer | |
| vous | offriez | (that) you offer | |
| ils / elles | offrent | (that) they offer |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul offre un café à son ami.
It is possible that Paul offers a coffee to his friend.
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 offer; to provide
- to give as a gift
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