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 spread.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | propage | I spread | |
| tu | propages | you spread | |
| il / elle / on | propage | he / she / it spreadson: we spread / one spreads | |
| nous | propageons | we spread | |
| vous | propagez | you spread | |
| ils / elles | propagent | they spread |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le vent propage les graines dans le champ.
The wind spreads the seeds across the field.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai propagé | I spread | |
| tu | as propagé | you spread | |
| il / elle / on | a propagé | he / she / it spreadon: we spread / one spread | |
| nous | avons propagé | we spread | |
| vous | avez propagé | you spread | |
| ils / elles | ont propagé | they spread |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le vent a propagé les graines dans le champ.
Yesterday, the wind spread the seeds across the field.
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’ | propageais | I used to spread | |
| tu | propageais | you used to spread | |
| il / elle / on | propageait | he / she / it used to spreadon: we used to spread / one used to spread | |
| nous | propagions | we used to spread | |
| vous | propagiez | you used to spread | |
| ils / elles | propageaient | they used to spread |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le vent propageait les graines dans le champ.
Back then, the wind used to spread the seeds across the field.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | propagerai | I will spread | |
| tu | propageras | you will spread | |
| il / elle / on | propagera | he / she / it will spreadon: we will spread / one will spread | |
| nous | propagerons | we will spread | |
| vous | propagerez | you will spread | |
| ils / elles | propageront | they will spread |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le vent propagera les graines dans le champ.
Later, the wind will spread the seeds across the field.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | propagerais | I would spread | |
| tu | propagerais | you would spread | |
| il / elle / on | propagerait | he / she / it would spreadon: we would spread / one would spread | |
| nous | propagerions | we would spread | |
| vous | propageriez | you would spread | |
| ils / elles | propageraient | they would spread |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le vent propagerait les graines dans le champ.
The wind would spread the seeds across the field.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | propage | (that) I spread | |
| tu | propages | (that) you spread | |
| il / elle / on | propage | (that) he / she / it spreadson: (that) we spread / one spreads | |
| nous | propagions | (that) we spread | |
| vous | propagiez | (that) you spread | |
| ils / elles | propagent | (that) they spread |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le vent propage les graines dans le champ.
It is possible that the wind spreads the seeds across the field.
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 propagate, spread
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