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 organize.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | organise | I organize | |
| tu | organises | you organize | |
| il / elle / on | organise | he / she / it organizeson: we organize / one organizes | |
| nous | organisons | we organize | |
| vous | organisez | you organize | |
| ils / elles | organisent | they organize |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul organise une fête pour ses amis.
Paul organizes a party for his friends.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai organisé | I organized | |
| tu | as organisé | you organized | |
| il / elle / on | a organisé | he / she / it organizedon: we organized / one organized | |
| nous | avons organisé | we organized | |
| vous | avez organisé | you organized | |
| ils / elles | ont organisé | they organized |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a organisé une fête pour ses amis.
Yesterday, Paul organized a party for his friends.
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’ | organisais | I used to organize | |
| tu | organisais | you used to organize | |
| il / elle / on | organisait | he / she / it used to organizeon: we used to organize / one used to organize | |
| nous | organisions | we used to organize | |
| vous | organisiez | you used to organize | |
| ils / elles | organisaient | they used to organize |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul organisait une fête pour ses amis.
Back then, Paul used to organize a party for his friends.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | organiserai | I will organize | |
| tu | organiseras | you will organize | |
| il / elle / on | organisera | he / she / it will organizeon: we will organize / one will organize | |
| nous | organiserons | we will organize | |
| vous | organiserez | you will organize | |
| ils / elles | organiseront | they will organize |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul organisera une fête pour ses amis.
Later, Paul will organize a party for his friends.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | organiserais | I would organize | |
| tu | organiserais | you would organize | |
| il / elle / on | organiserait | he / she / it would organizeon: we would organize / one would organize | |
| nous | organiserions | we would organize | |
| vous | organiseriez | you would organize | |
| ils / elles | organiseraient | they would organize |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul organiserait une fête pour ses amis.
Paul would organize a party for his friends.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | organise | (that) I organize | |
| tu | organises | (that) you organize | |
| il / elle / on | organise | (that) he / she / it organizeson: (that) we organize / one organizes | |
| nous | organisions | (that) we organize | |
| vous | organisiez | (that) you organize | |
| ils / elles | organisent | (that) they organize |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul organise une fête pour ses amis.
It is possible that Paul organizes a party for his friends.
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 organise; to plan an event
- to organise; to put something in a specific order
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