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 reconcile.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réconcilie | I reconcile | |
| tu | réconcilies | you reconcile | |
| il / elle / on | réconcilie | he / she / it reconcileson: we reconcile / one reconciles | |
| nous | réconcilions | we reconcile | |
| vous | réconciliez | you reconcile | |
| ils / elles | réconcilient | they reconcile |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul réconcilie les deux frères.
Paul reconciles the two brothers.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai réconcilié | I reconciled | |
| tu | as réconcilié | you reconciled | |
| il / elle / on | a réconcilié | he / she / it reconciledon: we reconciled / one reconciled | |
| nous | avons réconcilié | we reconciled | |
| vous | avez réconcilié | you reconciled | |
| ils / elles | ont réconcilié | they reconciled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a réconcilié les deux frères.
Yesterday, Paul reconciled the two brothers.
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’ | réconciliais | I used to reconcile | |
| tu | réconciliais | you used to reconcile | |
| il / elle / on | réconciliait | he / she / it used to reconcileon: we used to reconcile / one used to reconcile | |
| nous | réconciliions | we used to reconcile | |
| vous | réconciliiez | you used to reconcile | |
| ils / elles | réconciliaient | they used to reconcile |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul réconciliait les deux frères.
Back then, Paul used to reconcile the two brothers.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réconcilierai | I will reconcile | |
| tu | réconcilieras | you will reconcile | |
| il / elle / on | réconciliera | he / she / it will reconcileon: we will reconcile / one will reconcile | |
| nous | réconcilierons | we will reconcile | |
| vous | réconcilierez | you will reconcile | |
| ils / elles | réconcilieront | they will reconcile |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul réconciliera les deux frères.
Later, Paul will reconcile the two brothers.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réconcilierais | I would reconcile | |
| tu | réconcilierais | you would reconcile | |
| il / elle / on | réconcilierait | he / she / it would reconcileon: we would reconcile / one would reconcile | |
| nous | réconcilierions | we would reconcile | |
| vous | réconcilieriez | you would reconcile | |
| ils / elles | réconcilieraient | they would reconcile |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul réconcilierait les deux frères.
Paul would reconcile the two brothers.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réconcilie | (that) I reconcile | |
| tu | réconcilies | (that) you reconcile | |
| il / elle / on | réconcilie | (that) he / she / it reconcileson: (that) we reconcile / one reconciles | |
| nous | réconciliions | (that) we reconcile | |
| vous | réconciliiez | (that) you reconcile | |
| ils / elles | réconcilient | (that) they reconcile |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul réconcilie les deux frères.
It is possible that Paul reconciles the two brothers.
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 reconcile
- to reconcile, to match up
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