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 plan.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | planifie | I plan | |
| tu | planifies | you plan | |
| il / elle / on | planifie | he / she / it planson: we plan / one plans | |
| nous | planifions | we plan | |
| vous | planifiez | you plan | |
| ils / elles | planifient | they plan |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul planifie son voyage en train.
Paul plans his train journey.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai planifié | I planned | |
| tu | as planifié | you planned | |
| il / elle / on | a planifié | he / she / it plannedon: we planned / one planned | |
| nous | avons planifié | we planned | |
| vous | avez planifié | you planned | |
| ils / elles | ont planifié | they planned |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a planifié son voyage en train.
Yesterday, Paul planned his train journey.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | planifiais | I used to plan | |
| tu | planifiais | you used to plan | |
| il / elle / on | planifiait | he / she / it used to planon: we used to plan / one used to plan | |
| nous | planifiions | we used to plan | |
| vous | planifiiez | you used to plan | |
| ils / elles | planifiaient | they used to plan |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul planifiait son voyage en train.
Back then, Paul used to plan his train journey.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | planifierai | I will plan | |
| tu | planifieras | you will plan | |
| il / elle / on | planifiera | he / she / it will planon: we will plan / one will plan | |
| nous | planifierons | we will plan | |
| vous | planifierez | you will plan | |
| ils / elles | planifieront | they will plan |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul planifiera son voyage en train.
Later, Paul will plan his train journey.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | planifierais | I would plan | |
| tu | planifierais | you would plan | |
| il / elle / on | planifierait | he / she / it would planon: we would plan / one would plan | |
| nous | planifierions | we would plan | |
| vous | planifieriez | you would plan | |
| ils / elles | planifieraient | they would plan |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul planifierait son voyage en train.
Paul would plan his train journey.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | planifie | (that) I plan | |
| tu | planifies | (that) you plan | |
| il / elle / on | planifie | (that) he / she / it planson: (that) we plan / one plans | |
| nous | planifiions | (that) we plan | |
| vous | planifiiez | (that) you plan | |
| ils / elles | planifient | (that) they plan |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul planifie son voyage en train.
It is possible that Paul plans his train journey.
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 plan ahead, to prepare oneself
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