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 provide.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | pourvois | I provide | |
| tu | pourvois | you provide | |
| il / elle / on | pourvoit | he / she / it provideson: we provide / one provides | |
| nous | pourvoyons | we provide | |
| vous | pourvoyez | you provide | |
| ils / elles | pourvoient | they provide |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le directeur pourvoit chaque bureau d'un ordinateur.
The director provides each office with a computer.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai pourvu | I provided | |
| tu | as pourvu | you provided | |
| il / elle / on | a pourvu | he / she / it providedon: we provided / one provided | |
| nous | avons pourvu | we provided | |
| vous | avez pourvu | you provided | |
| ils / elles | ont pourvu | they provided |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le directeur a pourvu chaque bureau d'un ordinateur.
Yesterday, the director provided each office with a computer.
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’ | pourvoyais | I used to provide | |
| tu | pourvoyais | you used to provide | |
| il / elle / on | pourvoyait | he / she / it used to provideon: we used to provide / one used to provide | |
| nous | pourvoyions | we used to provide | |
| vous | pourvoyiez | you used to provide | |
| ils / elles | pourvoyaient | they used to provide |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le directeur pourvoyait chaque bureau d'un ordinateur.
Back then, the director used to provide each office with a computer.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | pourvoirai | I will provide | |
| tu | pourvoiras | you will provide | |
| il / elle / on | pourvoira | he / she / it will provideon: we will provide / one will provide | |
| nous | pourvoirons | we will provide | |
| vous | pourvoirez | you will provide | |
| ils / elles | pourvoiront | they will provide |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le directeur pourvoira chaque bureau d'un ordinateur.
Later, the director will provide each office with a computer.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | pourvoirais | I would provide | |
| tu | pourvoirais | you would provide | |
| il / elle / on | pourvoirait | he / she / it would provideon: we would provide / one would provide | |
| nous | pourvoirions | we would provide | |
| vous | pourvoiriez | you would provide | |
| ils / elles | pourvoiraient | they would provide |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le directeur pourvoirait chaque bureau d'un ordinateur.
The director would provide each office with a computer.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | pourvoie | (that) I provide | |
| tu | pourvoies | (that) you provide | |
| il / elle / on | pourvoie | (that) he / she / it provideson: (that) we provide / one provides | |
| nous | pourvoyions | (that) we provide | |
| vous | pourvoyiez | (that) you provide | |
| ils / elles | pourvoient | (that) they provide |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le directeur pourvoie chaque bureau d'un ordinateur.
It is possible that the director provides each office with a computer.
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 equip, provide, endow someone
- to fill (a seat, job vacancy)
- to provide
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