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’ | rétablis | I restore | |
| tu | rétablis | you restore | |
| il / elle / on | rétablit | he / she / it restoreson: we restore / one restores | |
| nous | rétablissons | we restore | |
| vous | rétablissez | you restore | |
| ils / elles | rétablissent | they restore |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le technicien rétablit la connexion à Internet.
The technician restores the Internet connection.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai rétabli | I restored | |
| tu | as rétabli | you restored | |
| il / elle / on | a rétabli | he / she / it restoredon: we restored / one restored | |
| nous | avons rétabli | we restored | |
| vous | avez rétabli | you restored | |
| ils / elles | ont rétabli | they restored |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le technicien a rétabli la connexion à Internet.
Yesterday, the technician restored the Internet connection.
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’ | rétablissais | I used to restore | |
| tu | rétablissais | you used to restore | |
| il / elle / on | rétablissait | he / she / it used to restoreon: we used to restore / one used to restore | |
| nous | rétablissions | we used to restore | |
| vous | rétablissiez | you used to restore | |
| ils / elles | rétablissaient | they used to restore |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le technicien rétablissait la connexion à Internet.
Back then, the technician used to restore the Internet connection.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rétablirai | I will restore | |
| tu | rétabliras | you will restore | |
| il / elle / on | rétablira | he / she / it will restoreon: we will restore / one will restore | |
| nous | rétablirons | we will restore | |
| vous | rétablirez | you will restore | |
| ils / elles | rétabliront | they will restore |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le technicien rétablira la connexion à Internet.
Later, the technician will restore the Internet connection.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rétablirais | I would restore | |
| tu | rétablirais | you would restore | |
| il / elle / on | rétablirait | he / she / it would restoreon: we would restore / one would restore | |
| nous | rétablirions | we would restore | |
| vous | rétabliriez | you would restore | |
| ils / elles | rétabliraient | they would restore |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le technicien rétablirait la connexion à Internet.
The technician would restore the Internet connection.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | rétablisse | (that) I restore | |
| tu | rétablisses | (that) you restore | |
| il / elle / on | rétablisse | (that) he / she / it restoreson: (that) we restore / one restores | |
| nous | rétablissions | (that) we restore | |
| vous | rétablissiez | (that) you restore | |
| ils / elles | rétablissent | (that) they restore |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le technicien rétablisse la connexion à Internet.
It is possible that the technician restores the Internet connection.
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
- to reestablish
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