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 settle.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | règle | I settle | |
| tu | règles | you settle | |
| il / elle / on | règle | he / she / it settleson: we settle / one settles | |
| nous | réglons | we settle | |
| vous | réglez | you settle | |
| ils / elles | règlent | they settle |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul règle la facture du repas.
Paul settles the bill for the meal.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai réglé | I settled | |
| tu | as réglé | you settled | |
| il / elle / on | a réglé | he / she / it settledon: we settled / one settled | |
| nous | avons réglé | we settled | |
| vous | avez réglé | you settled | |
| ils / elles | ont réglé | they settled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a réglé la facture du repas.
Yesterday, Paul settled the bill for the meal.
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’ | réglais | I used to settle | |
| tu | réglais | you used to settle | |
| il / elle / on | réglait | he / she / it used to settleon: we used to settle / one used to settle | |
| nous | réglions | we used to settle | |
| vous | régliez | you used to settle | |
| ils / elles | réglaient | they used to settle |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul réglait la facture du repas.
Back then, Paul used to settle the bill for the meal.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | règlerai / réglerai | I will settle | |
| tu | règleras / régleras | you will settle | |
| il / elle / on | règlera / réglera | he / she / it will settleon: we will settle / one will settle | |
| nous | règlerons / réglerons | we will settle | |
| vous | règlerez / réglerez | you will settle | |
| ils / elles | règleront / régleront | they will settle |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul règlera la facture du repas.
Later, Paul will settle the bill for the meal.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | règlerais / réglerais | I would settle | |
| tu | règlerais / réglerais | you would settle | |
| il / elle / on | règlerait / réglerait | he / she / it would settleon: we would settle / one would settle | |
| nous | règlerions / réglerions | we would settle | |
| vous | règleriez / régleriez | you would settle | |
| ils / elles | règleraient / régleraient | they would settle |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul règlerait la facture du repas.
Paul would settle the bill for the meal.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | règle | (that) I settle | |
| tu | règles | (that) you settle | |
| il / elle / on | règle | (that) he / she / it settleson: (that) we settle / one settles | |
| nous | réglions | (that) we settle | |
| vous | régliez | (that) you settle | |
| ils / elles | règlent | (that) they settle |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul règle la facture du repas.
It is possible that Paul settles the bill for the meal.
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 sort out, to settle (a problem, a bill)
- to set, to adjust
- to regulate
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