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’ | relance | I throw back | |
| tu | relances | you throw back | |
| il / elle / on | relance | he / she / it throws backon: we throw back / one throws back | |
| nous | relançons | we throw back | |
| vous | relancez | you throw back | |
| ils / elles | relancent | they throw back |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul relance le ballon à son ami.
Paul throws back the ball to his friend.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai relancé | I threw back | |
| tu | as relancé | you threw back | |
| il / elle / on | a relancé | he / she / it threw backon: we threw back / one threw back | |
| nous | avons relancé | we threw back | |
| vous | avez relancé | you threw back | |
| ils / elles | ont relancé | they threw back |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a relancé le ballon à son ami.
Yesterday, Paul threw back the ball to his friend.
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’ | relançais | I used to throw back | |
| tu | relançais | you used to throw back | |
| il / elle / on | relançait | he / she / it used to throw backon: we used to throw back / one used to throw back | |
| nous | relancions | we used to throw back | |
| vous | relanciez | you used to throw back | |
| ils / elles | relançaient | they used to throw back |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul relançait le ballon à son ami.
Back then, Paul used to throw back the ball to his friend.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | relancerai | I will throw back | |
| tu | relanceras | you will throw back | |
| il / elle / on | relancera | he / she / it will throw backon: we will throw back / one will throw back | |
| nous | relancerons | we will throw back | |
| vous | relancerez | you will throw back | |
| ils / elles | relanceront | they will throw back |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul relancera le ballon à son ami.
Later, Paul will throw back the ball to his friend.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | relancerais | I would throw back | |
| tu | relancerais | you would throw back | |
| il / elle / on | relancerait | he / she / it would throw backon: we would throw back / one would throw back | |
| nous | relancerions | we would throw back | |
| vous | relanceriez | you would throw back | |
| ils / elles | relanceraient | they would throw back |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul relancerait le ballon à son ami.
Paul would throw back the ball to his friend.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | relance | (that) I throw back | |
| tu | relances | (that) you throw back | |
| il / elle / on | relance | (that) he / she / it throws backon: (that) we throw back / one throws back | |
| nous | relancions | (that) we throw back | |
| vous | relanciez | (that) you throw back | |
| ils / elles | relancent | (that) they throw back |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul relance le ballon à son ami.
It is possible that Paul throws back the ball to his friend.
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
- to relaunch
- to boost, to revive (economically)
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