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 gather.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rassemble | I gather | |
| tu | rassembles | you gather | |
| il / elle / on | rassemble | he / she / it gatherson: we gather / one gathers | |
| nous | rassemblons | we gather | |
| vous | rassemblez | you gather | |
| ils / elles | rassemblent | they gather |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul rassemble ses affaires avant le départ.
Paul gathers his belongings before departure.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai rassemblé | I gathered | |
| tu | as rassemblé | you gathered | |
| il / elle / on | a rassemblé | he / she / it gatheredon: we gathered / one gathered | |
| nous | avons rassemblé | we gathered | |
| vous | avez rassemblé | you gathered | |
| ils / elles | ont rassemblé | they gathered |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a rassemblé ses affaires avant le départ.
Yesterday, Paul gathered his belongings before departure.
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’ | rassemblais | I used to gather | |
| tu | rassemblais | you used to gather | |
| il / elle / on | rassemblait | he / she / it used to gatheron: we used to gather / one used to gather | |
| nous | rassemblions | we used to gather | |
| vous | rassembliez | you used to gather | |
| ils / elles | rassemblaient | they used to gather |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul rassemblait ses affaires avant le départ.
Back then, Paul used to gather his belongings before departure.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rassemblerai | I will gather | |
| tu | rassembleras | you will gather | |
| il / elle / on | rassemblera | he / she / it will gatheron: we will gather / one will gather | |
| nous | rassemblerons | we will gather | |
| vous | rassemblerez | you will gather | |
| ils / elles | rassembleront | they will gather |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul rassemblera ses affaires avant le départ.
Later, Paul will gather his belongings before departure.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rassemblerais | I would gather | |
| tu | rassemblerais | you would gather | |
| il / elle / on | rassemblerait | he / she / it would gatheron: we would gather / one would gather | |
| nous | rassemblerions | we would gather | |
| vous | rassembleriez | you would gather | |
| ils / elles | rassembleraient | they would gather |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul rassemblerait ses affaires avant le départ.
Paul would gather his belongings before departure.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rassemble | (that) I gather | |
| tu | rassembles | (that) you gather | |
| il / elle / on | rassemble | (that) he / she / it gatherson: (that) we gather / one gathers | |
| nous | rassemblions | (that) we gather | |
| vous | rassembliez | (that) you gather | |
| ils / elles | rassemblent | (that) they gather |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul rassemble ses affaires avant le départ.
It is possible that Paul gathers his belongings before departure.
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 assemble
- to gather, summon up (courage)
- to collect
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