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 optimize.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | optimise | I optimize | |
| tu | optimises | you optimize | |
| il / elle / on | optimise | he / she / it optimizeson: we optimize / one optimizes | |
| nous | optimisons | we optimize | |
| vous | optimisez | you optimize | |
| ils / elles | optimisent | they optimize |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul optimise le trajet de livraison.
Paul optimizes the delivery route.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai optimisé | I optimized | |
| tu | as optimisé | you optimized | |
| il / elle / on | a optimisé | he / she / it optimizedon: we optimized / one optimized | |
| nous | avons optimisé | we optimized | |
| vous | avez optimisé | you optimized | |
| ils / elles | ont optimisé | they optimized |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a optimisé le trajet de livraison.
Yesterday, Paul optimized the delivery route.
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’ | optimisais | I used to optimize | |
| tu | optimisais | you used to optimize | |
| il / elle / on | optimisait | he / she / it used to optimizeon: we used to optimize / one used to optimize | |
| nous | optimisions | we used to optimize | |
| vous | optimisiez | you used to optimize | |
| ils / elles | optimisaient | they used to optimize |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul optimisait le trajet de livraison.
Back then, Paul used to optimize the delivery route.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | optimiserai | I will optimize | |
| tu | optimiseras | you will optimize | |
| il / elle / on | optimisera | he / she / it will optimizeon: we will optimize / one will optimize | |
| nous | optimiserons | we will optimize | |
| vous | optimiserez | you will optimize | |
| ils / elles | optimiseront | they will optimize |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul optimisera le trajet de livraison.
Later, Paul will optimize the delivery route.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | optimiserais | I would optimize | |
| tu | optimiserais | you would optimize | |
| il / elle / on | optimiserait | he / she / it would optimizeon: we would optimize / one would optimize | |
| nous | optimiserions | we would optimize | |
| vous | optimiseriez | you would optimize | |
| ils / elles | optimiseraient | they would optimize |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul optimiserait le trajet de livraison.
Paul would optimize the delivery route.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | optimise | (that) I optimize | |
| tu | optimises | (that) you optimize | |
| il / elle / on | optimise | (that) he / she / it optimizeson: (that) we optimize / one optimizes | |
| nous | optimisions | (that) we optimize | |
| vous | optimisiez | (that) you optimize | |
| ils / elles | optimisent | (that) they optimize |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul optimise le trajet de livraison.
It is possible that Paul optimizes the delivery route.
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 optimize
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