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 predict.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | prédis | I predict | |
| tu | prédis | you predict | |
| il / elle / on | prédit | he / she / it predictson: we predict / one predicts | |
| nous | prédisons | we predict | |
| vous | prédisez | you predict | |
| ils / elles | prédisent | they predict |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul prédit une hausse des prix.
Paul predicts a rise in prices.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai prédit | I predicted | |
| tu | as prédit | you predicted | |
| il / elle / on | a prédit | he / she / it predictedon: we predicted / one predicted | |
| nous | avons prédit | we predicted | |
| vous | avez prédit | you predicted | |
| ils / elles | ont prédit | they predicted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a prédit une hausse des prix.
Yesterday, Paul predicted a rise in prices.
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’ | prédisais | I used to predict | |
| tu | prédisais | you used to predict | |
| il / elle / on | prédisait | he / she / it used to predicton: we used to predict / one used to predict | |
| nous | prédisions | we used to predict | |
| vous | prédisiez | you used to predict | |
| ils / elles | prédisaient | they used to predict |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul prédisait une hausse des prix.
Back then, Paul used to predict a rise in prices.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | prédirai | I will predict | |
| tu | prédiras | you will predict | |
| il / elle / on | prédira | he / she / it will predicton: we will predict / one will predict | |
| nous | prédirons | we will predict | |
| vous | prédirez | you will predict | |
| ils / elles | prédiront | they will predict |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul prédira une hausse des prix.
Later, Paul will predict a rise in prices.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | prédirais | I would predict | |
| tu | prédirais | you would predict | |
| il / elle / on | prédirait | he / she / it would predicton: we would predict / one would predict | |
| nous | prédirions | we would predict | |
| vous | prédiriez | you would predict | |
| ils / elles | prédiraient | they would predict |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul prédirait une hausse des prix.
Paul would predict a rise in prices.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | prédise | (that) I predict | |
| tu | prédises | (that) you predict | |
| il / elle / on | prédise | (that) he / she / it predictson: (that) we predict / one predicts | |
| nous | prédisions | (that) we predict | |
| vous | prédisiez | (that) you predict | |
| ils / elles | prédisent | (that) they predict |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul prédise une hausse des prix.
It is possible that Paul predicts a rise in prices.
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 predict, foretell
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