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 add.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rajoute | I add | |
| tu | rajoutes | you add | |
| il / elle / on | rajoute | he / she / it addson: we add / one adds | |
| nous | rajoutons | we add | |
| vous | rajoutez | you add | |
| ils / elles | rajoutent | they add |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul rajoute un peu de sel à la soupe.
Paul adds a little more salt to the soup.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai rajouté | I added | |
| tu | as rajouté | you added | |
| il / elle / on | a rajouté | he / she / it addedon: we added / one added | |
| nous | avons rajouté | we added | |
| vous | avez rajouté | you added | |
| ils / elles | ont rajouté | they added |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a rajouté un peu de sel à la soupe.
Yesterday, Paul added a little more salt to the soup.
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’ | rajoutais | I used to add | |
| tu | rajoutais | you used to add | |
| il / elle / on | rajoutait | he / she / it used to addon: we used to add / one used to add | |
| nous | rajoutions | we used to add | |
| vous | rajoutiez | you used to add | |
| ils / elles | rajoutaient | they used to add |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul rajoutait un peu de sel à la soupe.
Back then, Paul used to add a little more salt to the soup.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rajouterai | I will add | |
| tu | rajouteras | you will add | |
| il / elle / on | rajoutera | he / she / it will addon: we will add / one will add | |
| nous | rajouterons | we will add | |
| vous | rajouterez | you will add | |
| ils / elles | rajouteront | they will add |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul rajoutera un peu de sel à la soupe.
Later, Paul will add a little more salt to the soup.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rajouterais | I would add | |
| tu | rajouterais | you would add | |
| il / elle / on | rajouterait | he / she / it would addon: we would add / one would add | |
| nous | rajouterions | we would add | |
| vous | rajouteriez | you would add | |
| ils / elles | rajouteraient | they would add |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul rajouterait un peu de sel à la soupe.
Paul would add a little more salt to the soup.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rajoute | (that) I add | |
| tu | rajoutes | (that) you add | |
| il / elle / on | rajoute | (that) he / she / it addson: (that) we add / one adds | |
| nous | rajoutions | (that) we add | |
| vous | rajoutiez | (that) you add | |
| ils / elles | rajoutent | (that) they add |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul rajoute un peu de sel à la soupe.
It is possible that Paul adds a little more salt to the soup.
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 re-add; to add again
- to put back in
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