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 rally.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rallie | I rally | |
| tu | rallies | you rally | |
| il / elle / on | rallie | he / she / it rallieson: we rally / one rallies | |
| nous | rallions | we rally | |
| vous | ralliez | you rally | |
| ils / elles | rallient | they rally |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul rallie ses collègues autour du projet.
Paul rallies his colleagues around the project.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai rallié | I rallied | |
| tu | as rallié | you rallied | |
| il / elle / on | a rallié | he / she / it ralliedon: we rallied / one rallied | |
| nous | avons rallié | we rallied | |
| vous | avez rallié | you rallied | |
| ils / elles | ont rallié | they rallied |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a rallié ses collègues autour du projet.
Yesterday, Paul rallied his colleagues around the project.
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’ | ralliais | I used to rally | |
| tu | ralliais | you used to rally | |
| il / elle / on | ralliait | he / she / it used to rallyon: we used to rally / one used to rally | |
| nous | ralliions | we used to rally | |
| vous | ralliiez | you used to rally | |
| ils / elles | ralliaient | they used to rally |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul ralliait ses collègues autour du projet.
Back then, Paul used to rally his colleagues around the project.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rallierai | I will rally | |
| tu | rallieras | you will rally | |
| il / elle / on | ralliera | he / she / it will rallyon: we will rally / one will rally | |
| nous | rallierons | we will rally | |
| vous | rallierez | you will rally | |
| ils / elles | rallieront | they will rally |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul ralliera ses collègues autour du projet.
Later, Paul will rally his colleagues around the project.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rallierais | I would rally | |
| tu | rallierais | you would rally | |
| il / elle / on | rallierait | he / she / it would rallyon: we would rally / one would rally | |
| nous | rallierions | we would rally | |
| vous | rallieriez | you would rally | |
| ils / elles | rallieraient | they would rally |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul rallierait ses collègues autour du projet.
Paul would rally his colleagues around the project.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rallie | (that) I rally | |
| tu | rallies | (that) you rally | |
| il / elle / on | rallie | (that) he / she / it rallieson: (that) we rally / one rallies | |
| nous | ralliions | (that) we rally | |
| vous | ralliiez | (that) you rally | |
| ils / elles | rallient | (that) they rally |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul rallie ses collègues autour du projet.
It is possible that Paul rallies his colleagues around the project.
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 rally (group or bring together)
- to rally (motivate)
- to bring round (convince, cause someone to have the same opinion)
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