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 share.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | partage | I share | |
| tu | partages | you share | |
| il / elle / on | partage | he / she / it shareson: we share / one shares | |
| nous | partageons | we share | |
| vous | partagez | you share | |
| ils / elles | partagent | they share |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul partage son repas avec un ami.
Paul shares his meal with a friend.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai partagé | I shared | |
| tu | as partagé | you shared | |
| il / elle / on | a partagé | he / she / it sharedon: we shared / one shared | |
| nous | avons partagé | we shared | |
| vous | avez partagé | you shared | |
| ils / elles | ont partagé | they shared |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a partagé son repas avec un ami.
Yesterday, Paul shared his meal with a 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’ | partageais | I used to share | |
| tu | partageais | you used to share | |
| il / elle / on | partageait | he / she / it used to shareon: we used to share / one used to share | |
| nous | partagions | we used to share | |
| vous | partagiez | you used to share | |
| ils / elles | partageaient | they used to share |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul partageait son repas avec un ami.
Back then, Paul used to share his meal with a friend.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | partagerai | I will share | |
| tu | partageras | you will share | |
| il / elle / on | partagera | he / she / it will shareon: we will share / one will share | |
| nous | partagerons | we will share | |
| vous | partagerez | you will share | |
| ils / elles | partageront | they will share |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul partagera son repas avec un ami.
Later, Paul will share his meal with a friend.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | partagerais | I would share | |
| tu | partagerais | you would share | |
| il / elle / on | partagerait | he / she / it would shareon: we would share / one would share | |
| nous | partagerions | we would share | |
| vous | partageriez | you would share | |
| ils / elles | partageraient | they would share |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul partagerait son repas avec un ami.
Paul would share his meal with a friend.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | partage | (that) I share | |
| tu | partages | (that) you share | |
| il / elle / on | partage | (that) he / she / it shareson: (that) we share / one shares | |
| nous | partagions | (that) we share | |
| vous | partagiez | (that) you share | |
| ils / elles | partagent | (that) they share |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul partage son repas avec un ami.
It is possible that Paul shares his meal with a 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 share
- to divide up
- to divide
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