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 renovate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rénove | I renovate | |
| tu | rénoves | you renovate | |
| il / elle / on | rénove | he / she / it renovateson: we renovate / one renovates | |
| nous | rénovons | we renovate | |
| vous | rénovez | you renovate | |
| ils / elles | rénovent | they renovate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul rénove la maison familiale.
Paul renovates the family house.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai rénové | I renovated | |
| tu | as rénové | you renovated | |
| il / elle / on | a rénové | he / she / it renovatedon: we renovated / one renovated | |
| nous | avons rénové | we renovated | |
| vous | avez rénové | you renovated | |
| ils / elles | ont rénové | they renovated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a rénové la maison familiale.
Yesterday, Paul renovated the family house.
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’ | rénovais | I used to renovate | |
| tu | rénovais | you used to renovate | |
| il / elle / on | rénovait | he / she / it used to renovateon: we used to renovate / one used to renovate | |
| nous | rénovions | we used to renovate | |
| vous | rénoviez | you used to renovate | |
| ils / elles | rénovaient | they used to renovate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul rénovait la maison familiale.
Back then, Paul used to renovate the family house.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rénoverai | I will renovate | |
| tu | rénoveras | you will renovate | |
| il / elle / on | rénovera | he / she / it will renovateon: we will renovate / one will renovate | |
| nous | rénoverons | we will renovate | |
| vous | rénoverez | you will renovate | |
| ils / elles | rénoveront | they will renovate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul rénovera la maison familiale.
Later, Paul will renovate the family house.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rénoverais | I would renovate | |
| tu | rénoverais | you would renovate | |
| il / elle / on | rénoverait | he / she / it would renovateon: we would renovate / one would renovate | |
| nous | rénoverions | we would renovate | |
| vous | rénoveriez | you would renovate | |
| ils / elles | rénoveraient | they would renovate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul rénoverait la maison familiale.
Paul would renovate the family house.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rénove | (that) I renovate | |
| tu | rénoves | (that) you renovate | |
| il / elle / on | rénove | (that) he / she / it renovateson: (that) we renovate / one renovates | |
| nous | rénovions | (that) we renovate | |
| vous | rénoviez | (that) you renovate | |
| ils / elles | rénovent | (that) they renovate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul rénove la maison familiale.
It is possible that Paul renovates the family house.
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, to renovate, to revitalize
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