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 take back.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remporte | I take back | |
| tu | remportes | you take back | |
| il / elle / on | remporte | he / she / it takes backon: we take back / one takes back | |
| nous | remportons | we take back | |
| vous | remportez | you take back | |
| ils / elles | remportent | they take back |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul remporte son parapluie après la visite.
Paul takes back his umbrella after the visit.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai remporté | I took back | |
| tu | as remporté | you took back | |
| il / elle / on | a remporté | he / she / it took backon: we took back / one took back | |
| nous | avons remporté | we took back | |
| vous | avez remporté | you took back | |
| ils / elles | ont remporté | they took back |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a remporté son parapluie après la visite.
Yesterday, Paul took back his umbrella after the visit.
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’ | remportais | I used to take back | |
| tu | remportais | you used to take back | |
| il / elle / on | remportait | he / she / it used to take backon: we used to take back / one used to take back | |
| nous | remportions | we used to take back | |
| vous | remportiez | you used to take back | |
| ils / elles | remportaient | they used to take back |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul remportait son parapluie après la visite.
Back then, Paul used to take back his umbrella after the visit.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remporterai | I will take back | |
| tu | remporteras | you will take back | |
| il / elle / on | remportera | he / she / it will take backon: we will take back / one will take back | |
| nous | remporterons | we will take back | |
| vous | remporterez | you will take back | |
| ils / elles | remporteront | they will take back |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul remportera son parapluie après la visite.
Later, Paul will take back his umbrella after the visit.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remporterais | I would take back | |
| tu | remporterais | you would take back | |
| il / elle / on | remporterait | he / she / it would take backon: we would take back / one would take back | |
| nous | remporterions | we would take back | |
| vous | remporteriez | you would take back | |
| ils / elles | remporteraient | they would take back |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul remporterait son parapluie après la visite.
Paul would take back his umbrella after the visit.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | remporte | (that) I take back | |
| tu | remportes | (that) you take back | |
| il / elle / on | remporte | (that) he / she / it takes backon: (that) we take back / one takes back | |
| nous | remportions | (that) we take back | |
| vous | remportiez | (that) you take back | |
| ils / elles | remportent | (that) they take back |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul remporte son parapluie après la visite.
It is possible that Paul takes back his umbrella after the visit.
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 take back, take away (again)
- to win (election, championship etc.), to secure (a position)
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