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 solve.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | résous | I solve | |
| tu | résous | you solve | |
| il / elle / on | résout | he / she / it solveson: we solve / one solves | |
| nous | résolvons | we solve | |
| vous | résolvez | you solve | |
| ils / elles | résolvent | they solve |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul résout le problème sans aide.
Paul solves the problem without help.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai résolu | I solved | |
| tu | as résolu | you solved | |
| il / elle / on | a résolu | he / she / it solvedon: we solved / one solved | |
| nous | avons résolu | we solved | |
| vous | avez résolu | you solved | |
| ils / elles | ont résolu | they solved |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a résolu le problème sans aide.
Yesterday, Paul solved the problem without help.
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’ | résolvais | I used to solve | |
| tu | résolvais | you used to solve | |
| il / elle / on | résolvait | he / she / it used to solveon: we used to solve / one used to solve | |
| nous | résolvions | we used to solve | |
| vous | résolviez | you used to solve | |
| ils / elles | résolvaient | they used to solve |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul résolvait le problème sans aide.
Back then, Paul used to solve the problem without help.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | résoudrai | I will solve | |
| tu | résoudras | you will solve | |
| il / elle / on | résoudra | he / she / it will solveon: we will solve / one will solve | |
| nous | résoudrons | we will solve | |
| vous | résoudrez | you will solve | |
| ils / elles | résoudront | they will solve |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul résoudra le problème sans aide.
Later, Paul will solve the problem without help.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | résoudrais | I would solve | |
| tu | résoudrais | you would solve | |
| il / elle / on | résoudrait | he / she / it would solveon: we would solve / one would solve | |
| nous | résoudrions | we would solve | |
| vous | résoudriez | you would solve | |
| ils / elles | résoudraient | they would solve |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul résoudrait le problème sans aide.
Paul would solve the problem without help.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | résolve | (that) I solve | |
| tu | résolves | (that) you solve | |
| il / elle / on | résolve | (that) he / she / it solveson: (that) we solve / one solves | |
| nous | résolvions | (that) we solve | |
| vous | résolviez | (that) you solve | |
| ils / elles | résolvent | (that) they solve |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul résolve le problème sans aide.
It is possible that Paul solves the problem without help.
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 resolve (to find a solution to)
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