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 produce.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | produis | I produce | |
| tu | produis | you produce | |
| il / elle / on | produit | he / she / it produceson: we produce / one produces | |
| nous | produisons | we produce | |
| vous | produisez | you produce | |
| ils / elles | produisent | they produce |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul produit du miel sur sa ferme.
Paul produces honey on his farm.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai produit | I produced | |
| tu | as produit | you produced | |
| il / elle / on | a produit | he / she / it producedon: we produced / one produced | |
| nous | avons produit | we produced | |
| vous | avez produit | you produced | |
| ils / elles | ont produit | they produced |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a produit du miel sur sa ferme.
Yesterday, Paul produced honey on his farm.
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’ | produisais | I used to produce | |
| tu | produisais | you used to produce | |
| il / elle / on | produisait | he / she / it used to produceon: we used to produce / one used to produce | |
| nous | produisions | we used to produce | |
| vous | produisiez | you used to produce | |
| ils / elles | produisaient | they used to produce |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul produisait du miel sur sa ferme.
Back then, Paul used to produce honey on his farm.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | produirai | I will produce | |
| tu | produiras | you will produce | |
| il / elle / on | produira | he / she / it will produceon: we will produce / one will produce | |
| nous | produirons | we will produce | |
| vous | produirez | you will produce | |
| ils / elles | produiront | they will produce |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul produira du miel sur sa ferme.
Later, Paul will produce honey on his farm.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | produirais | I would produce | |
| tu | produirais | you would produce | |
| il / elle / on | produirait | he / she / it would produceon: we would produce / one would produce | |
| nous | produirions | we would produce | |
| vous | produiriez | you would produce | |
| ils / elles | produiraient | they would produce |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul produirait du miel sur sa ferme.
Paul would produce honey on his farm.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | produise | (that) I produce | |
| tu | produises | (that) you produce | |
| il / elle / on | produise | (that) he / she / it produceson: (that) we produce / one produces | |
| nous | produisions | (that) we produce | |
| vous | produisiez | (that) you produce | |
| ils / elles | produisent | (that) they produce |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul produise du miel sur sa ferme.
It is possible that Paul produces honey on his farm.
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 produce, to yield
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