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 join.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rejoins | I join | |
| tu | rejoins | you join | |
| il / elle / on | rejoint | he / she / it joinson: we join / one joins | |
| nous | rejoignons | we join | |
| vous | rejoignez | you join | |
| ils / elles | rejoignent | they join |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul rejoint ses amis au café.
Paul joins his friends at the café.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai rejoint | I joined | |
| tu | as rejoint | you joined | |
| il / elle / on | a rejoint | he / she / it joinedon: we joined / one joined | |
| nous | avons rejoint | we joined | |
| vous | avez rejoint | you joined | |
| ils / elles | ont rejoint | they joined |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a rejoint ses amis au café.
Yesterday, Paul joined his friends at the café.
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’ | rejoignais | I used to join | |
| tu | rejoignais | you used to join | |
| il / elle / on | rejoignait | he / she / it used to joinon: we used to join / one used to join | |
| nous | rejoignions | we used to join | |
| vous | rejoigniez | you used to join | |
| ils / elles | rejoignaient | they used to join |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul rejoignait ses amis au café.
Back then, Paul used to join his friends at the café.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rejoindrai | I will join | |
| tu | rejoindras | you will join | |
| il / elle / on | rejoindra | he / she / it will joinon: we will join / one will join | |
| nous | rejoindrons | we will join | |
| vous | rejoindrez | you will join | |
| ils / elles | rejoindront | they will join |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul rejoindra ses amis au café.
Later, Paul will join his friends at the café.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rejoindrais | I would join | |
| tu | rejoindrais | you would join | |
| il / elle / on | rejoindrait | he / she / it would joinon: we would join / one would join | |
| nous | rejoindrions | we would join | |
| vous | rejoindriez | you would join | |
| ils / elles | rejoindraient | they would join |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul rejoindrait ses amis au café.
Paul would join his friends at the café.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rejoigne | (that) I join | |
| tu | rejoignes | (that) you join | |
| il / elle / on | rejoigne | (that) he / she / it joinson: (that) we join / one joins | |
| nous | rejoignions | (that) we join | |
| vous | rejoigniez | (that) you join | |
| ils / elles | rejoignent | (that) they join |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul rejoigne ses amis au café.
It is possible that Paul joins his friends at the café.
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 join, to join up
- to rejoin, join together
- to reach (a destination)
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