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 delight.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réjouis | I delight | |
| tu | réjouis | you delight | |
| il / elle / on | réjouit | he / she / it delightson: we delight / one delights | |
| nous | réjouissons | we delight | |
| vous | réjouissez | you delight | |
| ils / elles | réjouissent | they delight |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le cadeau réjouit Paul.
The gift delights Paul.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai réjoui | I delighted | |
| tu | as réjoui | you delighted | |
| il / elle / on | a réjoui | he / she / it delightedon: we delighted / one delighted | |
| nous | avons réjoui | we delighted | |
| vous | avez réjoui | you delighted | |
| ils / elles | ont réjoui | they delighted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le cadeau a réjoui Paul.
Yesterday, the gift delighted Paul.
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’ | réjouissais | I used to delight | |
| tu | réjouissais | you used to delight | |
| il / elle / on | réjouissait | he / she / it used to delighton: we used to delight / one used to delight | |
| nous | réjouissions | we used to delight | |
| vous | réjouissiez | you used to delight | |
| ils / elles | réjouissaient | they used to delight |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le cadeau réjouissait Paul.
Back then, the gift used to delight Paul.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réjouirai | I will delight | |
| tu | réjouiras | you will delight | |
| il / elle / on | réjouira | he / she / it will delighton: we will delight / one will delight | |
| nous | réjouirons | we will delight | |
| vous | réjouirez | you will delight | |
| ils / elles | réjouiront | they will delight |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le cadeau réjouira Paul.
Later, the gift will delight Paul.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réjouirais | I would delight | |
| tu | réjouirais | you would delight | |
| il / elle / on | réjouirait | he / she / it would delighton: we would delight / one would delight | |
| nous | réjouirions | we would delight | |
| vous | réjouiriez | you would delight | |
| ils / elles | réjouiraient | they would delight |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le cadeau réjouirait Paul.
The gift would delight Paul.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réjouisse | (that) I delight | |
| tu | réjouisses | (that) you delight | |
| il / elle / on | réjouisse | (that) he / she / it delightson: (that) we delight / one delights | |
| nous | réjouissions | (that) we delight | |
| vous | réjouissiez | (that) you delight | |
| ils / elles | réjouissent | (that) they delight |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le cadeau réjouisse Paul.
It is possible that the gift delights Paul.
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 please; to delight
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