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 renew.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | renouvelle / renouvèle | I renew | |
| tu | renouvelles / renouvèles | you renew | |
| il / elle / on | renouvelle / renouvèle | he / she / it renewson: we renew / one renews | |
| nous | renouvelons | we renew | |
| vous | renouvelez | you renew | |
| ils / elles | renouvellent / renouvèlent | they renew |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul renouvelle son abonnement à la bibliothèque.
Paul renews his library membership.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai renouvelé | I renewed | |
| tu | as renouvelé | you renewed | |
| il / elle / on | a renouvelé | he / she / it renewedon: we renewed / one renewed | |
| nous | avons renouvelé | we renewed | |
| vous | avez renouvelé | you renewed | |
| ils / elles | ont renouvelé | they renewed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a renouvelé son abonnement à la bibliothèque.
Yesterday, Paul renewed his library membership.
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’ | renouvelais | I used to renew | |
| tu | renouvelais | you used to renew | |
| il / elle / on | renouvelait | he / she / it used to renewon: we used to renew / one used to renew | |
| nous | renouvelions | we used to renew | |
| vous | renouveliez | you used to renew | |
| ils / elles | renouvelaient | they used to renew |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul renouvelait son abonnement à la bibliothèque.
Back then, Paul used to renew his library membership.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | renouvellerai / renouvèlerai | I will renew | |
| tu | renouvelleras / renouvèleras | you will renew | |
| il / elle / on | renouvellera / renouvèlera | he / she / it will renewon: we will renew / one will renew | |
| nous | renouvellerons / renouvèlerons | we will renew | |
| vous | renouvellerez / renouvèlerez | you will renew | |
| ils / elles | renouvelleront / renouvèleront | they will renew |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul renouvellera son abonnement à la bibliothèque.
Later, Paul will renew his library membership.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | renouvellerais / renouvèlerais | I would renew | |
| tu | renouvellerais / renouvèlerais | you would renew | |
| il / elle / on | renouvellerait / renouvèlerait | he / she / it would renewon: we would renew / one would renew | |
| nous | renouvellerions / renouvèlerions | we would renew | |
| vous | renouvelleriez / renouvèleriez | you would renew | |
| ils / elles | renouvelleraient / renouvèleraient | they would renew |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul renouvellerait son abonnement à la bibliothèque.
Paul would renew his library membership.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | renouvelle / renouvèle | (that) I renew | |
| tu | renouvelles / renouvèles | (that) you renew | |
| il / elle / on | renouvelle / renouvèle | (that) he / she / it renewson: (that) we renew / one renews | |
| nous | renouvelions | (that) we renew | |
| vous | renouveliez | (that) you renew | |
| ils / elles | renouvellent / renouvèlent | (that) they renew |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul renouvelle son abonnement à la bibliothèque.
It is possible that Paul renews his library membership.
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 renew
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