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 progress.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | progresse | I progress | |
| tu | progresses | you progress | |
| il / elle / on | progresse | he / she / it progresseson: we progress / one progresses | |
| nous | progressons | we progress | |
| vous | progressez | you progress | |
| ils / elles | progressent | they progress |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul progresse en français grâce à la pratique.
Paul progresses in French through practice.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai progressé | I progressed | |
| tu | as progressé | you progressed | |
| il / elle / on | a progressé | he / she / it progressedon: we progressed / one progressed | |
| nous | avons progressé | we progressed | |
| vous | avez progressé | you progressed | |
| ils / elles | ont progressé | they progressed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a progressé en français grâce à la pratique.
Yesterday, Paul progressed in French through practice.
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’ | progressais | I used to progress | |
| tu | progressais | you used to progress | |
| il / elle / on | progressait | he / she / it used to progresson: we used to progress / one used to progress | |
| nous | progressions | we used to progress | |
| vous | progressiez | you used to progress | |
| ils / elles | progressaient | they used to progress |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul progressait en français grâce à la pratique.
Back then, Paul used to progress in French through practice.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | progresserai | I will progress | |
| tu | progresseras | you will progress | |
| il / elle / on | progressera | he / she / it will progresson: we will progress / one will progress | |
| nous | progresserons | we will progress | |
| vous | progresserez | you will progress | |
| ils / elles | progresseront | they will progress |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul progressera en français grâce à la pratique.
Later, Paul will progress in French through practice.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | progresserais | I would progress | |
| tu | progresserais | you would progress | |
| il / elle / on | progresserait | he / she / it would progresson: we would progress / one would progress | |
| nous | progresserions | we would progress | |
| vous | progresseriez | you would progress | |
| ils / elles | progresseraient | they would progress |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul progresserait en français grâce à la pratique.
Paul would progress in French through practice.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | progresse | (that) I progress | |
| tu | progresses | (that) you progress | |
| il / elle / on | progresse | (that) he / she / it progresseson: (that) we progress / one progresses | |
| nous | progressions | (that) we progress | |
| vous | progressiez | (that) you progress | |
| ils / elles | progressent | (that) they progress |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul progresse en français grâce à la pratique.
It is possible that Paul progresses in French through practice.
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 progress (to show a progression)
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