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 fill.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remplis | I fill | |
| tu | remplis | you fill | |
| il / elle / on | remplit | he / she / it fillson: we fill / one fills | |
| nous | remplissons | we fill | |
| vous | remplissez | you fill | |
| ils / elles | remplissent | they fill |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul remplit la bouteille d'eau.
Paul fills the bottle with water.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai rempli | I filled | |
| tu | as rempli | you filled | |
| il / elle / on | a rempli | he / she / it filledon: we filled / one filled | |
| nous | avons rempli | we filled | |
| vous | avez rempli | you filled | |
| ils / elles | ont rempli | they filled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a rempli la bouteille d'eau.
Yesterday, Paul filled the bottle with water.
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’ | remplissais | I used to fill | |
| tu | remplissais | you used to fill | |
| il / elle / on | remplissait | he / she / it used to fillon: we used to fill / one used to fill | |
| nous | remplissions | we used to fill | |
| vous | remplissiez | you used to fill | |
| ils / elles | remplissaient | they used to fill |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul remplissait la bouteille d'eau.
Back then, Paul used to fill the bottle with water.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remplirai | I will fill | |
| tu | rempliras | you will fill | |
| il / elle / on | remplira | he / she / it will fillon: we will fill / one will fill | |
| nous | remplirons | we will fill | |
| vous | remplirez | you will fill | |
| ils / elles | rempliront | they will fill |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul remplira la bouteille d'eau.
Later, Paul will fill the bottle with water.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remplirais | I would fill | |
| tu | remplirais | you would fill | |
| il / elle / on | remplirait | he / she / it would fillon: we would fill / one would fill | |
| nous | remplirions | we would fill | |
| vous | rempliriez | you would fill | |
| ils / elles | rempliraient | they would fill |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul remplirait la bouteille d'eau.
Paul would fill the bottle with water.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remplisse | (that) I fill | |
| tu | remplisses | (that) you fill | |
| il / elle / on | remplisse | (that) he / she / it fillson: (that) we fill / one fills | |
| nous | remplissions | (that) we fill | |
| vous | remplissiez | (that) you fill | |
| ils / elles | remplissent | (that) they fill |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul remplisse la bouteille d'eau.
It is possible that Paul fills the bottle with water.
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 fill, to fill up (make full)
- to fill in
- to fulfil
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