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 harvest.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | récolte | I harvest | |
| tu | récoltes | you harvest | |
| il / elle / on | récolte | he / she / it harvestson: we harvest / one harvests | |
| nous | récoltons | we harvest | |
| vous | récoltez | you harvest | |
| ils / elles | récoltent | they harvest |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul récolte les tomates du jardin.
Paul harvests the tomatoes from the garden.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai récolté | I harvested | |
| tu | as récolté | you harvested | |
| il / elle / on | a récolté | he / she / it harvestedon: we harvested / one harvested | |
| nous | avons récolté | we harvested | |
| vous | avez récolté | you harvested | |
| ils / elles | ont récolté | they harvested |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a récolté les tomates du jardin.
Yesterday, Paul harvested the tomatoes from the garden.
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’ | récoltais | I used to harvest | |
| tu | récoltais | you used to harvest | |
| il / elle / on | récoltait | he / she / it used to harveston: we used to harvest / one used to harvest | |
| nous | récoltions | we used to harvest | |
| vous | récoltiez | you used to harvest | |
| ils / elles | récoltaient | they used to harvest |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul récoltait les tomates du jardin.
Back then, Paul used to harvest the tomatoes from the garden.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | récolterai | I will harvest | |
| tu | récolteras | you will harvest | |
| il / elle / on | récoltera | he / she / it will harveston: we will harvest / one will harvest | |
| nous | récolterons | we will harvest | |
| vous | récolterez | you will harvest | |
| ils / elles | récolteront | they will harvest |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul récoltera les tomates du jardin.
Later, Paul will harvest the tomatoes from the garden.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | récolterais | I would harvest | |
| tu | récolterais | you would harvest | |
| il / elle / on | récolterait | he / she / it would harveston: we would harvest / one would harvest | |
| nous | récolterions | we would harvest | |
| vous | récolteriez | you would harvest | |
| ils / elles | récolteraient | they would harvest |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul récolterait les tomates du jardin.
Paul would harvest the tomatoes from the garden.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | récolte | (that) I harvest | |
| tu | récoltes | (that) you harvest | |
| il / elle / on | récolte | (that) he / she / it harvestson: (that) we harvest / one harvests | |
| nous | récoltions | (that) we harvest | |
| vous | récoltiez | (that) you harvest | |
| ils / elles | récoltent | (that) they harvest |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul récolte les tomates du jardin.
It is possible that Paul harvests the tomatoes from the garden.
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 harvest (to reap)
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