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 rethink.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | repense | I rethink | |
| tu | repenses | you rethink | |
| il / elle / on | repense | he / she / it rethinkson: we rethink / one rethinks | |
| nous | repensons | we rethink | |
| vous | repensez | you rethink | |
| ils / elles | repensent | they rethink |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul repense l'organisation du bureau.
Paul rethinks the office layout.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai repensé | I rethought | |
| tu | as repensé | you rethought | |
| il / elle / on | a repensé | he / she / it rethoughton: we rethought / one rethought | |
| nous | avons repensé | we rethought | |
| vous | avez repensé | you rethought | |
| ils / elles | ont repensé | they rethought |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a repensé l'organisation du bureau.
Yesterday, Paul rethought the office layout.
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’ | repensais | I used to rethink | |
| tu | repensais | you used to rethink | |
| il / elle / on | repensait | he / she / it used to rethinkon: we used to rethink / one used to rethink | |
| nous | repensions | we used to rethink | |
| vous | repensiez | you used to rethink | |
| ils / elles | repensaient | they used to rethink |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul repensait l'organisation du bureau.
Back then, Paul used to rethink the office layout.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | repenserai | I will rethink | |
| tu | repenseras | you will rethink | |
| il / elle / on | repensera | he / she / it will rethinkon: we will rethink / one will rethink | |
| nous | repenserons | we will rethink | |
| vous | repenserez | you will rethink | |
| ils / elles | repenseront | they will rethink |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul repensera l'organisation du bureau.
Later, Paul will rethink the office layout.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | repenserais | I would rethink | |
| tu | repenserais | you would rethink | |
| il / elle / on | repenserait | he / she / it would rethinkon: we would rethink / one would rethink | |
| nous | repenserions | we would rethink | |
| vous | repenseriez | you would rethink | |
| ils / elles | repenseraient | they would rethink |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul repenserait l'organisation du bureau.
Paul would rethink the office layout.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | repense | (that) I rethink | |
| tu | repenses | (that) you rethink | |
| il / elle / on | repense | (that) he / she / it rethinkson: (that) we rethink / one rethinks | |
| nous | repensions | (that) we rethink | |
| vous | repensiez | (that) you rethink | |
| ils / elles | repensent | (that) they rethink |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul repense l'organisation du bureau.
It is possible that Paul rethinks the office layout.
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 rethink, to reconsider
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