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 park.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | parke | I park | |
| tu | parkes | you park | |
| il / elle / on | parke | he / she / it parkson: we park / one parks | |
| nous | parkons | we park | |
| vous | parkez | you park | |
| ils / elles | parkent | they park |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul parke sa voiture devant la maison.
Paul parks his car in front of the house.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai parké | I parked | |
| tu | as parké | you parked | |
| il / elle / on | a parké | he / she / it parkedon: we parked / one parked | |
| nous | avons parké | we parked | |
| vous | avez parké | you parked | |
| ils / elles | ont parké | they parked |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a parké sa voiture devant la maison.
Yesterday, Paul parked his car in front of the house.
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’ | parkais | I used to park | |
| tu | parkais | you used to park | |
| il / elle / on | parkait | he / she / it used to parkon: we used to park / one used to park | |
| nous | parkions | we used to park | |
| vous | parkiez | you used to park | |
| ils / elles | parkaient | they used to park |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul parkait sa voiture devant la maison.
Back then, Paul used to park his car in front of the house.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | parkerai | I will park | |
| tu | parkeras | you will park | |
| il / elle / on | parkera | he / she / it will parkon: we will park / one will park | |
| nous | parkerons | we will park | |
| vous | parkerez | you will park | |
| ils / elles | parkeront | they will park |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul parkera sa voiture devant la maison.
Later, Paul will park his car in front of the house.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | parkerais | I would park | |
| tu | parkerais | you would park | |
| il / elle / on | parkerait | he / she / it would parkon: we would park / one would park | |
| nous | parkerions | we would park | |
| vous | parkeriez | you would park | |
| ils / elles | parkeraient | they would park |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul parkerait sa voiture devant la maison.
Paul would park his car in front of the house.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | parke | (that) I park | |
| tu | parkes | (that) you park | |
| il / elle / on | parke | (that) he / she / it parkson: (that) we park / one parks | |
| nous | parkions | (that) we park | |
| vous | parkiez | (that) you park | |
| ils / elles | parkent | (that) they park |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul parke sa voiture devant la maison.
It is possible that Paul parks his car in front of the house.
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.”
Parker is a Canadian anglicism for park; garer or stationner is more usual in standard French.
Meaning & usage
- to park (a vehicle)
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