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 notice.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remarque | I notice | |
| tu | remarques | you notice | |
| il / elle / on | remarque | he / she / it noticeson: we notice / one notices | |
| nous | remarquons | we notice | |
| vous | remarquez | you notice | |
| ils / elles | remarquent | they notice |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul remarque une erreur dans le texte.
Paul notices an error in the text.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai remarqué | I noticed | |
| tu | as remarqué | you noticed | |
| il / elle / on | a remarqué | he / she / it noticedon: we noticed / one noticed | |
| nous | avons remarqué | we noticed | |
| vous | avez remarqué | you noticed | |
| ils / elles | ont remarqué | they noticed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a remarqué une erreur dans le texte.
Yesterday, Paul noticed an error in the text.
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’ | remarquais | I used to notice | |
| tu | remarquais | you used to notice | |
| il / elle / on | remarquait | he / she / it used to noticeon: we used to notice / one used to notice | |
| nous | remarquions | we used to notice | |
| vous | remarquiez | you used to notice | |
| ils / elles | remarquaient | they used to notice |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul remarquait une erreur dans le texte.
Back then, Paul used to notice an error in the text.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remarquerai | I will notice | |
| tu | remarqueras | you will notice | |
| il / elle / on | remarquera | he / she / it will noticeon: we will notice / one will notice | |
| nous | remarquerons | we will notice | |
| vous | remarquerez | you will notice | |
| ils / elles | remarqueront | they will notice |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul remarquera une erreur dans le texte.
Later, Paul will notice an error in the text.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remarquerais | I would notice | |
| tu | remarquerais | you would notice | |
| il / elle / on | remarquerait | he / she / it would noticeon: we would notice / one would notice | |
| nous | remarquerions | we would notice | |
| vous | remarqueriez | you would notice | |
| ils / elles | remarqueraient | they would notice |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul remarquerait une erreur dans le texte.
Paul would notice an error in the text.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remarque | (that) I notice | |
| tu | remarques | (that) you notice | |
| il / elle / on | remarque | (that) he / she / it noticeson: (that) we notice / one notices | |
| nous | remarquions | (that) we notice | |
| vous | remarquiez | (that) you notice | |
| ils / elles | remarquent | (that) they notice |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul remarque une erreur dans le texte.
It is possible that Paul notices an error in the text.
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 observe
- to point out, remark upon
- to notice
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