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 bet.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | parie | I bet | |
| tu | paries | you bet | |
| il / elle / on | parie | he / she / it betson: we bet / one bets | |
| nous | parions | we bet | |
| vous | pariez | you bet | |
| ils / elles | parient | they bet |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul parie sur la victoire de son équipe.
Paul bets on his team's victory.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai parié | I bet | |
| tu | as parié | you bet | |
| il / elle / on | a parié | he / she / it beton: we bet / one bet | |
| nous | avons parié | we bet | |
| vous | avez parié | you bet | |
| ils / elles | ont parié | they bet |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a parié sur la victoire de son équipe.
Yesterday, Paul bet on his team's victory.
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’ | pariais | I used to bet | |
| tu | pariais | you used to bet | |
| il / elle / on | pariait | he / she / it used to beton: we used to bet / one used to bet | |
| nous | pariions | we used to bet | |
| vous | pariiez | you used to bet | |
| ils / elles | pariaient | they used to bet |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul pariait sur la victoire de son équipe.
Back then, Paul used to bet on his team's victory.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | parierai | I will bet | |
| tu | parieras | you will bet | |
| il / elle / on | pariera | he / she / it will beton: we will bet / one will bet | |
| nous | parierons | we will bet | |
| vous | parierez | you will bet | |
| ils / elles | parieront | they will bet |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul pariera sur la victoire de son équipe.
Later, Paul will bet on his team's victory.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | parierais | I would bet | |
| tu | parierais | you would bet | |
| il / elle / on | parierait | he / she / it would beton: we would bet / one would bet | |
| nous | parierions | we would bet | |
| vous | parieriez | you would bet | |
| ils / elles | parieraient | they would bet |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul parierait sur la victoire de son équipe.
Paul would bet on his team's victory.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | parie | (that) I bet | |
| tu | paries | (that) you bet | |
| il / elle / on | parie | (that) he / she / it betson: (that) we bet / one bets | |
| nous | pariions | (that) we bet | |
| vous | pariiez | (that) you bet | |
| ils / elles | parient | (that) they bet |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul parie sur la victoire de son équipe.
It is possible that Paul bets on his team's victory.
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 bet (make a guess about the outcome of an event)
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