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 extend.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | prolonge | I extend | |
| tu | prolonges | you extend | |
| il / elle / on | prolonge | he / she / it extendson: we extend / one extends | |
| nous | prolongeons | we extend | |
| vous | prolongez | you extend | |
| ils / elles | prolongent | they extend |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul prolonge son séjour de deux jours.
Paul extends his stay by two days.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai prolongé | I extended | |
| tu | as prolongé | you extended | |
| il / elle / on | a prolongé | he / she / it extendedon: we extended / one extended | |
| nous | avons prolongé | we extended | |
| vous | avez prolongé | you extended | |
| ils / elles | ont prolongé | they extended |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a prolongé son séjour de deux jours.
Yesterday, Paul extended his stay by two days.
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’ | prolongeais | I used to extend | |
| tu | prolongeais | you used to extend | |
| il / elle / on | prolongeait | he / she / it used to extendon: we used to extend / one used to extend | |
| nous | prolongions | we used to extend | |
| vous | prolongiez | you used to extend | |
| ils / elles | prolongeaient | they used to extend |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul prolongeait son séjour de deux jours.
Back then, Paul used to extend his stay by two days.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | prolongerai | I will extend | |
| tu | prolongeras | you will extend | |
| il / elle / on | prolongera | he / she / it will extendon: we will extend / one will extend | |
| nous | prolongerons | we will extend | |
| vous | prolongerez | you will extend | |
| ils / elles | prolongeront | they will extend |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul prolongera son séjour de deux jours.
Later, Paul will extend his stay by two days.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | prolongerais | I would extend | |
| tu | prolongerais | you would extend | |
| il / elle / on | prolongerait | he / she / it would extendon: we would extend / one would extend | |
| nous | prolongerions | we would extend | |
| vous | prolongeriez | you would extend | |
| ils / elles | prolongeraient | they would extend |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul prolongerait son séjour de deux jours.
Paul would extend his stay by two days.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | prolonge | (that) I extend | |
| tu | prolonges | (that) you extend | |
| il / elle / on | prolonge | (that) he / she / it extendson: (that) we extend / one extends | |
| nous | prolongions | (that) we extend | |
| vous | prolongiez | (that) you extend | |
| ils / elles | prolongent | (that) they extend |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul prolonge son séjour de deux jours.
It is possible that Paul extends his stay by two days.
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 prolong
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