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 fart.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | pète | I fart | |
| tu | pètes | you fart | |
| il / elle / on | pète | he / she / it fartson: we fart / one farts | |
| nous | pétons | we fart | |
| vous | pétez | you fart | |
| ils / elles | pètent | they fart |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le chien pète dans le salon.
The dog farts in the living room.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai pété | I farted | |
| tu | as pété | you farted | |
| il / elle / on | a pété | he / she / it fartedon: we farted / one farted | |
| nous | avons pété | we farted | |
| vous | avez pété | you farted | |
| ils / elles | ont pété | they farted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le chien a pété dans le salon.
Yesterday, the dog farted in the living room.
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’ | pétais | I used to fart | |
| tu | pétais | you used to fart | |
| il / elle / on | pétait | he / she / it used to farton: we used to fart / one used to fart | |
| nous | pétions | we used to fart | |
| vous | pétiez | you used to fart | |
| ils / elles | pétaient | they used to fart |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le chien pétait dans le salon.
Back then, the dog used to fart in the living room.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | pèterai / péterai | I will fart | |
| tu | pèteras / péteras | you will fart | |
| il / elle / on | pètera / pétera | he / she / it will farton: we will fart / one will fart | |
| nous | pèterons / péterons | we will fart | |
| vous | pèterez / péterez | you will fart | |
| ils / elles | pèteront / péteront | they will fart |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le chien pètera dans le salon.
Later, the dog will fart in the living room.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | pèterais / péterais | I would fart | |
| tu | pèterais / péterais | you would fart | |
| il / elle / on | pèterait / péterait | he / she / it would farton: we would fart / one would fart | |
| nous | pèterions / péterions | we would fart | |
| vous | pèteriez / péteriez | you would fart | |
| ils / elles | pèteraient / péteraient | they would fart |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le chien pèterait dans le salon.
The dog would fart in the living room.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | pète | (that) I fart | |
| tu | pètes | (that) you fart | |
| il / elle / on | pète | (that) he / she / it fartson: (that) we fart / one farts | |
| nous | pétions | (that) we fart | |
| vous | pétiez | (that) you fart | |
| ils / elles | pètent | (that) they fart |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le chien pète dans le salon.
It is possible that the dog farts in the living room.
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.”
Péter is a very informal word for fart in this example.
Meaning & usage
- to blow off, fart
- to break
- to explode
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