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 re-form.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | reconstitue | I re-form | |
| tu | reconstitues | you re-form | |
| il / elle / on | reconstitue | he / she / it re-formson: we re-form / one re-forms | |
| nous | reconstituons | we re-form | |
| vous | reconstituez | you re-form | |
| ils / elles | reconstituent | they re-form |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul reconstitue son ancien groupe de musique.
Paul re-forms his old band.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai reconstitué | I re-formed | |
| tu | as reconstitué | you re-formed | |
| il / elle / on | a reconstitué | he / she / it re-formedon: we re-formed / one re-formed | |
| nous | avons reconstitué | we re-formed | |
| vous | avez reconstitué | you re-formed | |
| ils / elles | ont reconstitué | they re-formed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a reconstitué son ancien groupe de musique.
Yesterday, Paul re-formed his old band.
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’ | reconstituais | I used to re-form | |
| tu | reconstituais | you used to re-form | |
| il / elle / on | reconstituait | he / she / it used to re-formon: we used to re-form / one used to re-form | |
| nous | reconstituions | we used to re-form | |
| vous | reconstituiez | you used to re-form | |
| ils / elles | reconstituaient | they used to re-form |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul reconstituait son ancien groupe de musique.
Back then, Paul used to re-form his old band.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | reconstituerai | I will re-form | |
| tu | reconstitueras | you will re-form | |
| il / elle / on | reconstituera | he / she / it will re-formon: we will re-form / one will re-form | |
| nous | reconstituerons | we will re-form | |
| vous | reconstituerez | you will re-form | |
| ils / elles | reconstitueront | they will re-form |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul reconstituera son ancien groupe de musique.
Later, Paul will re-form his old band.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | reconstituerais | I would re-form | |
| tu | reconstituerais | you would re-form | |
| il / elle / on | reconstituerait | he / she / it would re-formon: we would re-form / one would re-form | |
| nous | reconstituerions | we would re-form | |
| vous | reconstitueriez | you would re-form | |
| ils / elles | reconstitueraient | they would re-form |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul reconstituerait son ancien groupe de musique.
Paul would re-form his old band.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | reconstitue | (that) I re-form | |
| tu | reconstitues | (that) you re-form | |
| il / elle / on | reconstitue | (that) he / she / it re-formson: (that) we re-form / one re-forms | |
| nous | reconstituions | (that) we re-form | |
| vous | reconstituiez | (that) you re-form | |
| ils / elles | reconstituent | (that) they re-form |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul reconstitue son ancien groupe de musique.
It is possible that Paul re-forms his old band.
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 re-form (a group, association)
- to recreate (a past time, decor, etc.)
- to reconstruct (a crime)
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