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 promote.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | promeus | I promote | |
| tu | promeus | you promote | |
| il / elle / on | promeut | he / she / it promoteson: we promote / one promotes | |
| nous | promouvons | we promote | |
| vous | promouvez | you promote | |
| ils / elles | promeuvent | they promote |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul promeut le nouveau livre de son ami.
Paul promotes his friend's new book.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai promu | I promoted | |
| tu | as promu | you promoted | |
| il / elle / on | a promu | he / she / it promotedon: we promoted / one promoted | |
| nous | avons promu | we promoted | |
| vous | avez promu | you promoted | |
| ils / elles | ont promu | they promoted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a promu le nouveau livre de son ami.
Yesterday, Paul promoted his friend's new book.
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’ | promouvais | I used to promote | |
| tu | promouvais | you used to promote | |
| il / elle / on | promouvait | he / she / it used to promoteon: we used to promote / one used to promote | |
| nous | promouvions | we used to promote | |
| vous | promouviez | you used to promote | |
| ils / elles | promouvaient | they used to promote |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul promouvait le nouveau livre de son ami.
Back then, Paul used to promote his friend's new book.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | promouvrai | I will promote | |
| tu | promouvras | you will promote | |
| il / elle / on | promouvra | he / she / it will promoteon: we will promote / one will promote | |
| nous | promouvrons | we will promote | |
| vous | promouvrez | you will promote | |
| ils / elles | promouvront | they will promote |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul promouvra le nouveau livre de son ami.
Later, Paul will promote his friend's new book.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | promouvrais | I would promote | |
| tu | promouvrais | you would promote | |
| il / elle / on | promouvrait | he / she / it would promoteon: we would promote / one would promote | |
| nous | promouvrions | we would promote | |
| vous | promouvriez | you would promote | |
| ils / elles | promouvraient | they would promote |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul promouvrait le nouveau livre de son ami.
Paul would promote his friend's new book.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | promeuve | (that) I promote | |
| tu | promeuves | (that) you promote | |
| il / elle / on | promeuve | (that) he / she / it promoteson: (that) we promote / one promotes | |
| nous | promouvions | (that) we promote | |
| vous | promouviez | (that) you promote | |
| ils / elles | promeuvent | (that) they promote |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul promeuve le nouveau livre de son ami.
It is possible that Paul promotes his friend's new book.
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 promote (advertise a product)
- to promote (encourage)
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