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 repeat.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | répète | I repeat | |
| tu | répètes | you repeat | |
| il / elle / on | répète | he / she / it repeatson: we repeat / one repeats | |
| nous | répétons | we repeat | |
| vous | répétez | you repeat | |
| ils / elles | répètent | they repeat |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul répète la phrase à voix haute.
Paul repeats the sentence aloud.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai répété | I repeated | |
| tu | as répété | you repeated | |
| il / elle / on | a répété | he / she / it repeatedon: we repeated / one repeated | |
| nous | avons répété | we repeated | |
| vous | avez répété | you repeated | |
| ils / elles | ont répété | they repeated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a répété la phrase à voix haute.
Yesterday, Paul repeated the sentence aloud.
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’ | répétais | I used to repeat | |
| tu | répétais | you used to repeat | |
| il / elle / on | répétait | he / she / it used to repeaton: we used to repeat / one used to repeat | |
| nous | répétions | we used to repeat | |
| vous | répétiez | you used to repeat | |
| ils / elles | répétaient | they used to repeat |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul répétait la phrase à voix haute.
Back then, Paul used to repeat the sentence aloud.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | répèterai / répéterai | I will repeat | |
| tu | répèteras / répéteras | you will repeat | |
| il / elle / on | répètera / répétera | he / she / it will repeaton: we will repeat / one will repeat | |
| nous | répèterons / répéterons | we will repeat | |
| vous | répèterez / répéterez | you will repeat | |
| ils / elles | répèteront / répéteront | they will repeat |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul répètera la phrase à voix haute.
Later, Paul will repeat the sentence aloud.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | répèterais / répéterais | I would repeat | |
| tu | répèterais / répéterais | you would repeat | |
| il / elle / on | répèterait / répéterait | he / she / it would repeaton: we would repeat / one would repeat | |
| nous | répèterions / répéterions | we would repeat | |
| vous | répèteriez / répéteriez | you would repeat | |
| ils / elles | répèteraient / répéteraient | they would repeat |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul répèterait la phrase à voix haute.
Paul would repeat the sentence aloud.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | répète | (that) I repeat | |
| tu | répètes | (that) you repeat | |
| il / elle / on | répète | (that) he / she / it repeatson: (that) we repeat / one repeats | |
| nous | répétions | (that) we repeat | |
| vous | répétiez | (that) you repeat | |
| ils / elles | répètent | (that) they repeat |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul répète la phrase à voix haute.
It is possible that Paul repeats the sentence aloud.
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 repeat
- to rehearse, practice
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