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 hang.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | pends | I hang | |
| tu | pends | you hang | |
| il / elle / on | pend | he / she / it hangson: we hang / one hangs | |
| nous | pendons | we hang | |
| vous | pendez | you hang | |
| ils / elles | pendent | they hang |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul pend le manteau au crochet.
Paul hangs the coat on the hook.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai pendu | I hung | |
| tu | as pendu | you hung | |
| il / elle / on | a pendu | he / she / it hungon: we hung / one hung | |
| nous | avons pendu | we hung | |
| vous | avez pendu | you hung | |
| ils / elles | ont pendu | they hung |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a pendu le manteau au crochet.
Yesterday, Paul hung the coat on the hook.
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’ | pendais | I used to hang | |
| tu | pendais | you used to hang | |
| il / elle / on | pendait | he / she / it used to hangon: we used to hang / one used to hang | |
| nous | pendions | we used to hang | |
| vous | pendiez | you used to hang | |
| ils / elles | pendaient | they used to hang |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul pendait le manteau au crochet.
Back then, Paul used to hang the coat on the hook.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | pendrai | I will hang | |
| tu | pendras | you will hang | |
| il / elle / on | pendra | he / she / it will hangon: we will hang / one will hang | |
| nous | pendrons | we will hang | |
| vous | pendrez | you will hang | |
| ils / elles | pendront | they will hang |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul pendra le manteau au crochet.
Later, Paul will hang the coat on the hook.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | pendrais | I would hang | |
| tu | pendrais | you would hang | |
| il / elle / on | pendrait | he / she / it would hangon: we would hang / one would hang | |
| nous | pendrions | we would hang | |
| vous | pendriez | you would hang | |
| ils / elles | pendraient | they would hang |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul pendrait le manteau au crochet.
Paul would hang the coat on the hook.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | pende | (that) I hang | |
| tu | pendes | (that) you hang | |
| il / elle / on | pende | (that) he / she / it hangson: (that) we hang / one hangs | |
| nous | pendions | (that) we hang | |
| vous | pendiez | (that) you hang | |
| ils / elles | pendent | (that) they hang |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul pende le manteau au crochet.
It is possible that Paul hangs the coat on the hook.
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 hang
- to sag, droop
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