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 restore.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | restaure | I restore | |
| tu | restaures | you restore | |
| il / elle / on | restaure | he / she / it restoreson: we restore / one restores | |
| nous | restaurons | we restore | |
| vous | restaurez | you restore | |
| ils / elles | restaurent | they restore |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le menuisier restaure un meuble ancien.
The carpenter restores an old piece of furniture.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai restauré | I restored | |
| tu | as restauré | you restored | |
| il / elle / on | a restauré | he / she / it restoredon: we restored / one restored | |
| nous | avons restauré | we restored | |
| vous | avez restauré | you restored | |
| ils / elles | ont restauré | they restored |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le menuisier a restauré un meuble ancien.
Yesterday, the carpenter restored an old piece of furniture.
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’ | restaurais | I used to restore | |
| tu | restaurais | you used to restore | |
| il / elle / on | restaurait | he / she / it used to restoreon: we used to restore / one used to restore | |
| nous | restaurions | we used to restore | |
| vous | restauriez | you used to restore | |
| ils / elles | restauraient | they used to restore |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le menuisier restaurait un meuble ancien.
Back then, the carpenter used to restore an old piece of furniture.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | restaurerai | I will restore | |
| tu | restaureras | you will restore | |
| il / elle / on | restaurera | he / she / it will restoreon: we will restore / one will restore | |
| nous | restaurerons | we will restore | |
| vous | restaurerez | you will restore | |
| ils / elles | restaureront | they will restore |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le menuisier restaurera un meuble ancien.
Later, the carpenter will restore an old piece of furniture.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | restaurerais | I would restore | |
| tu | restaurerais | you would restore | |
| il / elle / on | restaurerait | he / she / it would restoreon: we would restore / one would restore | |
| nous | restaurerions | we would restore | |
| vous | restaureriez | you would restore | |
| ils / elles | restaureraient | they would restore |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le menuisier restaurerait un meuble ancien.
The carpenter would restore an old piece of furniture.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | restaure | (that) I restore | |
| tu | restaures | (that) you restore | |
| il / elle / on | restaure | (that) he / she / it restoreson: (that) we restore / one restores | |
| nous | restaurions | (that) we restore | |
| vous | restauriez | (that) you restore | |
| ils / elles | restaurent | (that) they restore |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le menuisier restaure un meuble ancien.
It is possible that the carpenter restores an old piece of furniture.
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 restore
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