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 repeat.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | redis | I repeat | |
| tu | redis | you repeat | |
| il / elle / on | redit | he / she / it repeatson: we repeat / one repeats | |
| nous | redisons | we repeat | |
| vous | redites | you repeat | |
| ils / elles | redisent | they repeat |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul redit les instructions à son équipe.
Paul repeats the instructions to his team.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai redit | I repeated | |
| tu | as redit | you repeated | |
| il / elle / on | a redit | he / she / it repeatedon: we repeated / one repeated | |
| nous | avons redit | we repeated | |
| vous | avez redit | you repeated | |
| ils / elles | ont redit | they repeated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a redit les instructions à son équipe.
Yesterday, Paul repeated the instructions to his team.
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’ | redisais | I used to repeat | |
| tu | redisais | you used to repeat | |
| il / elle / on | redisait | he / she / it used to repeaton: we used to repeat / one used to repeat | |
| nous | redisions | we used to repeat | |
| vous | redisiez | you used to repeat | |
| ils / elles | redisaient | they used to repeat |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul redisait les instructions à son équipe.
Back then, Paul used to repeat the instructions to his team.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | redirai | I will repeat | |
| tu | rediras | you will repeat | |
| il / elle / on | redira | he / she / it will repeaton: we will repeat / one will repeat | |
| nous | redirons | we will repeat | |
| vous | redirez | you will repeat | |
| ils / elles | rediront | they will repeat |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul redira les instructions à son équipe.
Later, Paul will repeat the instructions to his team.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | redirais | I would repeat | |
| tu | redirais | you would repeat | |
| il / elle / on | redirait | he / she / it would repeaton: we would repeat / one would repeat | |
| nous | redirions | we would repeat | |
| vous | rediriez | you would repeat | |
| ils / elles | rediraient | they would repeat |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul redirait les instructions à son équipe.
Paul would repeat the instructions to his team.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | redise | (that) I repeat | |
| tu | redises | (that) you repeat | |
| il / elle / on | redise | (that) he / she / it repeatson: (that) we repeat / one repeats | |
| nous | redisions | (that) we repeat | |
| vous | redisiez | (that) you repeat | |
| ils / elles | redisent | (that) they repeat |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul redise les instructions à son équipe.
It is possible that Paul repeats the instructions to his team.
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
- resay, say again
- retell, tell again
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