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 postpone.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | reporte | I postpone | |
| tu | reportes | you postpone | |
| il / elle / on | reporte | he / she / it postponeson: we postpone / one postpones | |
| nous | reportons | we postpone | |
| vous | reportez | you postpone | |
| ils / elles | reportent | they postpone |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul reporte la réunion à la semaine suivante.
Paul postpones the meeting until the following week.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai reporté | I postponed | |
| tu | as reporté | you postponed | |
| il / elle / on | a reporté | he / she / it postponedon: we postponed / one postponed | |
| nous | avons reporté | we postponed | |
| vous | avez reporté | you postponed | |
| ils / elles | ont reporté | they postponed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a reporté la réunion à la semaine suivante.
Yesterday, Paul postponed the meeting until the following week.
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’ | reportais | I used to postpone | |
| tu | reportais | you used to postpone | |
| il / elle / on | reportait | he / she / it used to postponeon: we used to postpone / one used to postpone | |
| nous | reportions | we used to postpone | |
| vous | reportiez | you used to postpone | |
| ils / elles | reportaient | they used to postpone |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul reportait la réunion à la semaine suivante.
Back then, Paul used to postpone the meeting until the following week.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | reporterai | I will postpone | |
| tu | reporteras | you will postpone | |
| il / elle / on | reportera | he / she / it will postponeon: we will postpone / one will postpone | |
| nous | reporterons | we will postpone | |
| vous | reporterez | you will postpone | |
| ils / elles | reporteront | they will postpone |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul reportera la réunion à la semaine suivante.
Later, Paul will postpone the meeting until the following week.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | reporterais | I would postpone | |
| tu | reporterais | you would postpone | |
| il / elle / on | reporterait | he / she / it would postponeon: we would postpone / one would postpone | |
| nous | reporterions | we would postpone | |
| vous | reporteriez | you would postpone | |
| ils / elles | reporteraient | they would postpone |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul reporterait la réunion à la semaine suivante.
Paul would postpone the meeting until the following week.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | reporte | (that) I postpone | |
| tu | reportes | (that) you postpone | |
| il / elle / on | reporte | (that) he / she / it postponeson: (that) we postpone / one postpones | |
| nous | reportions | (that) we postpone | |
| vous | reportiez | (that) you postpone | |
| ils / elles | reportent | (that) they postpone |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul reporte la réunion à la semaine suivante.
It is possible that Paul postpones the meeting until the following week.
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 carry something back to where it was
- to wear again
- to transfer (an emotion)
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