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’ | procure | I provide | |
| tu | procures | you provide | |
| il / elle / on | procure | he / she / it provideson: we provide / one provides | |
| nous | procurons | we provide | |
| vous | procurez | you provide | |
| ils / elles | procurent | they provide |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce travail procure un revenu stable à Paul.
This job provides Paul with a stable income.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai procuré | I provided | |
| tu | as procuré | you provided | |
| il / elle / on | a procuré | he / she / it providedon: we provided / one provided | |
| nous | avons procuré | we provided | |
| vous | avez procuré | you provided | |
| ils / elles | ont procuré | they provided |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce travail a procuré un revenu stable à Paul.
Yesterday, this job provided Paul with a stable income.
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’ | procurais | I used to provide | |
| tu | procurais | you used to provide | |
| il / elle / on | procurait | he / she / it used to provideon: we used to provide / one used to provide | |
| nous | procurions | we used to provide | |
| vous | procuriez | you used to provide | |
| ils / elles | procuraient | they used to provide |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce travail procurait un revenu stable à Paul.
Back then, this job used to provide Paul with a stable income.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | procurerai | I will provide | |
| tu | procureras | you will provide | |
| il / elle / on | procurera | he / she / it will provideon: we will provide / one will provide | |
| nous | procurerons | we will provide | |
| vous | procurerez | you will provide | |
| ils / elles | procureront | they will provide |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce travail procurera un revenu stable à Paul.
Later, this job will provide Paul with a stable income.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | procurerais | I would provide | |
| tu | procurerais | you would provide | |
| il / elle / on | procurerait | he / she / it would provideon: we would provide / one would provide | |
| nous | procurerions | we would provide | |
| vous | procureriez | you would provide | |
| ils / elles | procureraient | they would provide |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce travail procurerait un revenu stable à Paul.
This job would provide Paul with a stable income.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | procure | (that) I provide | |
| tu | procures | (that) you provide | |
| il / elle / on | procure | (that) he / she / it provideson: (that) we provide / one provides | |
| nous | procurions | (that) we provide | |
| vous | procuriez | (that) you provide | |
| ils / elles | procurent | (that) they provide |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce travail procure un revenu stable à Paul.
It is possible that this job provides Paul with a stable income.
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 get, obtain (for someone)
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