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 redo.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | refais | I redo | |
| tu | refais | you redo | |
| il / elle / on | refait | he / she / it redoeson: we redo / one redoes | |
| nous | refaisons | we redo | |
| vous | refaites | you redo | |
| ils / elles | refont | they redo |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul refait l'exercice de français.
Paul redoes the French exercise.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai refait | I redid | |
| tu | as refait | you redid | |
| il / elle / on | a refait | he / she / it redidon: we redid / one redid | |
| nous | avons refait | we redid | |
| vous | avez refait | you redid | |
| ils / elles | ont refait | they redid |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a refait l'exercice de français.
Yesterday, Paul redid the French exercise.
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’ | refaisais | I used to redo | |
| tu | refaisais | you used to redo | |
| il / elle / on | refaisait | he / she / it used to redoon: we used to redo / one used to redo | |
| nous | refaisions | we used to redo | |
| vous | refaisiez | you used to redo | |
| ils / elles | refaisaient | they used to redo |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul refaisait l'exercice de français.
Back then, Paul used to redo the French exercise.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | referai | I will redo | |
| tu | referas | you will redo | |
| il / elle / on | refera | he / she / it will redoon: we will redo / one will redo | |
| nous | referons | we will redo | |
| vous | referez | you will redo | |
| ils / elles | referont | they will redo |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul refera l'exercice de français.
Later, Paul will redo the French exercise.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | referais | I would redo | |
| tu | referais | you would redo | |
| il / elle / on | referait | he / she / it would redoon: we would redo / one would redo | |
| nous | referions | we would redo | |
| vous | referiez | you would redo | |
| ils / elles | referaient | they would redo |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul referait l'exercice de français.
Paul would redo the French exercise.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | refasse | (that) I redo | |
| tu | refasses | (that) you redo | |
| il / elle / on | refasse | (that) he / she / it redoeson: (that) we redo / one redoes | |
| nous | refassions | (that) we redo | |
| vous | refassiez | (that) you redo | |
| ils / elles | refassent | (that) they redo |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul refasse l'exercice de français.
It is possible that Paul redoes the French exercise.
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 redo, to do over, to do again, to repeat
- to remake, to recreate, to make more of, to reproduce
- to restore, to renovate, to make (like) brand new
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