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 put back.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remets | I put back | |
| tu | remets | you put back | |
| il / elle / on | remet | he / she / it puts backon: we put back / one puts back | |
| nous | remettons | we put back | |
| vous | remettez | you put back | |
| ils / elles | remettent | they put back |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul remet le livre sur l'étagère.
Paul puts back the book on the shelf.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai remis | I put back | |
| tu | as remis | you put back | |
| il / elle / on | a remis | he / she / it put backon: we put back / one put back | |
| nous | avons remis | we put back | |
| vous | avez remis | you put back | |
| ils / elles | ont remis | they put back |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a remis le livre sur l'étagère.
Yesterday, Paul put back the book on the shelf.
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’ | remettais | I used to put back | |
| tu | remettais | you used to put back | |
| il / elle / on | remettait | he / she / it used to put backon: we used to put back / one used to put back | |
| nous | remettions | we used to put back | |
| vous | remettiez | you used to put back | |
| ils / elles | remettaient | they used to put back |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul remettait le livre sur l'étagère.
Back then, Paul used to put back the book on the shelf.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remettrai | I will put back | |
| tu | remettras | you will put back | |
| il / elle / on | remettra | he / she / it will put backon: we will put back / one will put back | |
| nous | remettrons | we will put back | |
| vous | remettrez | you will put back | |
| ils / elles | remettront | they will put back |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul remettra le livre sur l'étagère.
Later, Paul will put back the book on the shelf.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remettrais | I would put back | |
| tu | remettrais | you would put back | |
| il / elle / on | remettrait | he / she / it would put backon: we would put back / one would put back | |
| nous | remettrions | we would put back | |
| vous | remettriez | you would put back | |
| ils / elles | remettraient | they would put back |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul remettrait le livre sur l'étagère.
Paul would put back the book on the shelf.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remette | (that) I put back | |
| tu | remettes | (that) you put back | |
| il / elle / on | remette | (that) he / she / it puts backon: (that) we put back / one puts back | |
| nous | remettions | (that) we put back | |
| vous | remettiez | (that) you put back | |
| ils / elles | remettent | (that) they put back |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul remette le livre sur l'étagère.
It is possible that Paul puts back the book on the shelf.
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 put back, replace
- to put (clothing etc.) back on
- to restart (machine etc.)
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