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 throw back.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rejette | I throw back | |
| tu | rejettes | you throw back | |
| il / elle / on | rejette | he / she / it throws backon: we throw back / one throws back | |
| nous | rejetons | we throw back | |
| vous | rejetez | you throw back | |
| ils / elles | rejettent | they throw back |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le pêcheur rejette le petit poisson à l'eau.
The fisherman throws back the small fish into the water.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai rejeté | I threw back | |
| tu | as rejeté | you threw back | |
| il / elle / on | a rejeté | he / she / it threw backon: we threw back / one threw back | |
| nous | avons rejeté | we threw back | |
| vous | avez rejeté | you threw back | |
| ils / elles | ont rejeté | they threw back |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le pêcheur a rejeté le petit poisson à l'eau.
Yesterday, the fisherman threw back the small fish into the water.
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’ | rejetais | I used to throw back | |
| tu | rejetais | you used to throw back | |
| il / elle / on | rejetait | he / she / it used to throw backon: we used to throw back / one used to throw back | |
| nous | rejetions | we used to throw back | |
| vous | rejetiez | you used to throw back | |
| ils / elles | rejetaient | they used to throw back |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le pêcheur rejetait le petit poisson à l'eau.
Back then, the fisherman used to throw back the small fish into the water.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rejetterai | I will throw back | |
| tu | rejetteras | you will throw back | |
| il / elle / on | rejettera | he / she / it will throw backon: we will throw back / one will throw back | |
| nous | rejetterons | we will throw back | |
| vous | rejetterez | you will throw back | |
| ils / elles | rejetteront | they will throw back |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le pêcheur rejettera le petit poisson à l'eau.
Later, the fisherman will throw back the small fish into the water.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rejetterais | I would throw back | |
| tu | rejetterais | you would throw back | |
| il / elle / on | rejetterait | he / she / it would throw backon: we would throw back / one would throw back | |
| nous | rejetterions | we would throw back | |
| vous | rejetteriez | you would throw back | |
| ils / elles | rejetteraient | they would throw back |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le pêcheur rejetterait le petit poisson à l'eau.
The fisherman would throw back the small fish into the water.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rejette | (that) I throw back | |
| tu | rejettes | (that) you throw back | |
| il / elle / on | rejette | (that) he / she / it throws backon: (that) we throw back / one throws back | |
| nous | rejetions | (that) we throw back | |
| vous | rejetiez | (that) you throw back | |
| ils / elles | rejettent | (that) they throw back |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le pêcheur rejette le petit poisson à l'eau.
It is possible that the fisherman throws back the small fish into the water.
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 throw back (a fish, etc.)
- to discharge, spew out
- to reject (an appeal, a lover etc.); to refute (an accusation)
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