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 repair.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | répare | I repair | |
| tu | répares | you repair | |
| il / elle / on | répare | he / she / it repairson: we repair / one repairs | |
| nous | réparons | we repair | |
| vous | réparez | you repair | |
| ils / elles | réparent | they repair |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul répare la roue du vélo.
Paul repairs the bicycle wheel.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai réparé | I repaired | |
| tu | as réparé | you repaired | |
| il / elle / on | a réparé | he / she / it repairedon: we repaired / one repaired | |
| nous | avons réparé | we repaired | |
| vous | avez réparé | you repaired | |
| ils / elles | ont réparé | they repaired |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a réparé la roue du vélo.
Yesterday, Paul repaired the bicycle wheel.
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’ | réparais | I used to repair | |
| tu | réparais | you used to repair | |
| il / elle / on | réparait | he / she / it used to repairon: we used to repair / one used to repair | |
| nous | réparions | we used to repair | |
| vous | répariez | you used to repair | |
| ils / elles | réparaient | they used to repair |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul réparait la roue du vélo.
Back then, Paul used to repair the bicycle wheel.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réparerai | I will repair | |
| tu | répareras | you will repair | |
| il / elle / on | réparera | he / she / it will repairon: we will repair / one will repair | |
| nous | réparerons | we will repair | |
| vous | réparerez | you will repair | |
| ils / elles | répareront | they will repair |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul réparera la roue du vélo.
Later, Paul will repair the bicycle wheel.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réparerais | I would repair | |
| tu | réparerais | you would repair | |
| il / elle / on | réparerait | he / she / it would repairon: we would repair / one would repair | |
| nous | réparerions | we would repair | |
| vous | répareriez | you would repair | |
| ils / elles | répareraient | they would repair |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul réparerait la roue du vélo.
Paul would repair the bicycle wheel.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | répare | (that) I repair | |
| tu | répares | (that) you repair | |
| il / elle / on | répare | (that) he / she / it repairson: (that) we repair / one repairs | |
| nous | réparions | (that) we repair | |
| vous | répariez | (that) you repair | |
| ils / elles | réparent | (that) they repair |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul répare la roue du vélo.
It is possible that Paul repairs the bicycle wheel.
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 repair, fix, mend
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