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 hurl.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | projette | I hurl | |
| tu | projettes | you hurl | |
| il / elle / on | projette | he / she / it hurlson: we hurl / one hurls | |
| nous | projetons | we hurl | |
| vous | projetez | you hurl | |
| ils / elles | projettent | they hurl |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le volcan projette des cendres dans le ciel.
The volcano hurls ash into the sky.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai projeté | I hurled | |
| tu | as projeté | you hurled | |
| il / elle / on | a projeté | he / she / it hurledon: we hurled / one hurled | |
| nous | avons projeté | we hurled | |
| vous | avez projeté | you hurled | |
| ils / elles | ont projeté | they hurled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le volcan a projeté des cendres dans le ciel.
Yesterday, the volcano hurled ash into the sky.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | projetais | I used to hurl | |
| tu | projetais | you used to hurl | |
| il / elle / on | projetait | he / she / it used to hurlon: we used to hurl / one used to hurl | |
| nous | projetions | we used to hurl | |
| vous | projetiez | you used to hurl | |
| ils / elles | projetaient | they used to hurl |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le volcan projetait des cendres dans le ciel.
Back then, the volcano used to hurl ash into the sky.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | projetterai | I will hurl | |
| tu | projetteras | you will hurl | |
| il / elle / on | projettera | he / she / it will hurlon: we will hurl / one will hurl | |
| nous | projetterons | we will hurl | |
| vous | projetterez | you will hurl | |
| ils / elles | projetteront | they will hurl |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le volcan projettera des cendres dans le ciel.
Later, the volcano will hurl ash into the sky.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | projetterais | I would hurl | |
| tu | projetterais | you would hurl | |
| il / elle / on | projetterait | he / she / it would hurlon: we would hurl / one would hurl | |
| nous | projetterions | we would hurl | |
| vous | projetteriez | you would hurl | |
| ils / elles | projetteraient | they would hurl |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le volcan projetterait des cendres dans le ciel.
The volcano would hurl ash into the sky.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | projette | (that) I hurl | |
| tu | projettes | (that) you hurl | |
| il / elle / on | projette | (that) he / she / it hurlson: (that) we hurl / one hurls | |
| nous | projetions | (that) we hurl | |
| vous | projetiez | (that) you hurl | |
| ils / elles | projettent | (that) they hurl |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le volcan projette des cendres dans le ciel.
It is possible that the volcano hurls ash into the sky.
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
- throw, hurl
- project
- plan (to create a plan for)
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