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 recharge.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | recharge | I recharge | |
| tu | recharges | you recharge | |
| il / elle / on | recharge | he / she / it rechargeson: we recharge / one recharges | |
| nous | rechargeons | we recharge | |
| vous | rechargez | you recharge | |
| ils / elles | rechargent | they recharge |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul recharge la batterie de son téléphone.
Paul recharges his phone battery.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai rechargé | I recharged | |
| tu | as rechargé | you recharged | |
| il / elle / on | a rechargé | he / she / it rechargedon: we recharged / one recharged | |
| nous | avons rechargé | we recharged | |
| vous | avez rechargé | you recharged | |
| ils / elles | ont rechargé | they recharged |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a rechargé la batterie de son téléphone.
Yesterday, Paul recharged his phone battery.
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’ | rechargeais | I used to recharge | |
| tu | rechargeais | you used to recharge | |
| il / elle / on | rechargeait | he / she / it used to rechargeon: we used to recharge / one used to recharge | |
| nous | rechargions | we used to recharge | |
| vous | rechargiez | you used to recharge | |
| ils / elles | rechargeaient | they used to recharge |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul rechargeait la batterie de son téléphone.
Back then, Paul used to recharge his phone battery.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rechargerai | I will recharge | |
| tu | rechargeras | you will recharge | |
| il / elle / on | rechargera | he / she / it will rechargeon: we will recharge / one will recharge | |
| nous | rechargerons | we will recharge | |
| vous | rechargerez | you will recharge | |
| ils / elles | rechargeront | they will recharge |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul rechargera la batterie de son téléphone.
Later, Paul will recharge his phone battery.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rechargerais | I would recharge | |
| tu | rechargerais | you would recharge | |
| il / elle / on | rechargerait | he / she / it would rechargeon: we would recharge / one would recharge | |
| nous | rechargerions | we would recharge | |
| vous | rechargeriez | you would recharge | |
| ils / elles | rechargeraient | they would recharge |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul rechargerait la batterie de son téléphone.
Paul would recharge his phone battery.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | recharge | (that) I recharge | |
| tu | recharges | (that) you recharge | |
| il / elle / on | recharge | (that) he / she / it rechargeson: (that) we recharge / one recharges | |
| nous | rechargions | (that) we recharge | |
| vous | rechargiez | (that) you recharge | |
| ils / elles | rechargent | (that) they recharge |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul recharge la batterie de son téléphone.
It is possible that Paul recharges his phone battery.
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 recharge (add more electricity to)
- to reload (e.g. a gun)
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