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 request.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réclame | I request | |
| tu | réclames | you request | |
| il / elle / on | réclame | he / she / it requestson: we request / one requests | |
| nous | réclamons | we request | |
| vous | réclamez | you request | |
| ils / elles | réclament | they request |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul réclame une copie de la facture.
Paul requests a copy of the invoice.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai réclamé | I requested | |
| tu | as réclamé | you requested | |
| il / elle / on | a réclamé | he / she / it requestedon: we requested / one requested | |
| nous | avons réclamé | we requested | |
| vous | avez réclamé | you requested | |
| ils / elles | ont réclamé | they requested |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a réclamé une copie de la facture.
Yesterday, Paul requested a copy of the invoice.
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’ | réclamais | I used to request | |
| tu | réclamais | you used to request | |
| il / elle / on | réclamait | he / she / it used to requeston: we used to request / one used to request | |
| nous | réclamions | we used to request | |
| vous | réclamiez | you used to request | |
| ils / elles | réclamaient | they used to request |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul réclamait une copie de la facture.
Back then, Paul used to request a copy of the invoice.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réclamerai | I will request | |
| tu | réclameras | you will request | |
| il / elle / on | réclamera | he / she / it will requeston: we will request / one will request | |
| nous | réclamerons | we will request | |
| vous | réclamerez | you will request | |
| ils / elles | réclameront | they will request |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul réclamera une copie de la facture.
Later, Paul will request a copy of the invoice.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réclamerais | I would request | |
| tu | réclamerais | you would request | |
| il / elle / on | réclamerait | he / she / it would requeston: we would request / one would request | |
| nous | réclamerions | we would request | |
| vous | réclameriez | you would request | |
| ils / elles | réclameraient | they would request |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul réclamerait une copie de la facture.
Paul would request a copy of the invoice.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réclame | (that) I request | |
| tu | réclames | (that) you request | |
| il / elle / on | réclame | (that) he / she / it requestson: (that) we request / one requests | |
| nous | réclamions | (that) we request | |
| vous | réclamiez | (that) you request | |
| ils / elles | réclament | (that) they request |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul réclame une copie de la facture.
It is possible that Paul requests a copy of the invoice.
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 protest
- to object
- to claim, reclaim
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