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 remedy.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remédie | I remedy | |
| tu | remédies | you remedy | |
| il / elle / on | remédie | he / she / it remedieson: we remedy / one remedies | |
| nous | remédions | we remedy | |
| vous | remédiez | you remedy | |
| ils / elles | remédient | they remedy |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul remédie au manque de lumière.
Paul remedies the lack of light.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai remédié | I remedied | |
| tu | as remédié | you remedied | |
| il / elle / on | a remédié | he / she / it remediedon: we remedied / one remedied | |
| nous | avons remédié | we remedied | |
| vous | avez remédié | you remedied | |
| ils / elles | ont remédié | they remedied |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a remédié au manque de lumière.
Yesterday, Paul remedied the lack of light.
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’ | remédiais | I used to remedy | |
| tu | remédiais | you used to remedy | |
| il / elle / on | remédiait | he / she / it used to remedyon: we used to remedy / one used to remedy | |
| nous | remédiions | we used to remedy | |
| vous | remédiiez | you used to remedy | |
| ils / elles | remédiaient | they used to remedy |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul remédiait au manque de lumière.
Back then, Paul used to remedy the lack of light.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remédierai | I will remedy | |
| tu | remédieras | you will remedy | |
| il / elle / on | remédiera | he / she / it will remedyon: we will remedy / one will remedy | |
| nous | remédierons | we will remedy | |
| vous | remédierez | you will remedy | |
| ils / elles | remédieront | they will remedy |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul remédiera au manque de lumière.
Later, Paul will remedy the lack of light.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remédierais | I would remedy | |
| tu | remédierais | you would remedy | |
| il / elle / on | remédierait | he / she / it would remedyon: we would remedy / one would remedy | |
| nous | remédierions | we would remedy | |
| vous | remédieriez | you would remedy | |
| ils / elles | remédieraient | they would remedy |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul remédierait au manque de lumière.
Paul would remedy the lack of light.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remédie | (that) I remedy | |
| tu | remédies | (that) you remedy | |
| il / elle / on | remédie | (that) he / she / it remedieson: (that) we remedy / one remedies | |
| nous | remédiions | (that) we remedy | |
| vous | remédiiez | (that) you remedy | |
| ils / elles | remédient | (that) they remedy |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul remédie au manque de lumière.
It is possible that Paul remedies the lack of light.
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 remedy, to cure; to fix
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