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 gather.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réunis | I gather | |
| tu | réunis | you gather | |
| il / elle / on | réunit | he / she / it gatherson: we gather / one gathers | |
| nous | réunissons | we gather | |
| vous | réunissez | you gather | |
| ils / elles | réunissent | they gather |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul réunit les documents nécessaires.
Paul gathers the necessary documents.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai réuni | I gathered | |
| tu | as réuni | you gathered | |
| il / elle / on | a réuni | he / she / it gatheredon: we gathered / one gathered | |
| nous | avons réuni | we gathered | |
| vous | avez réuni | you gathered | |
| ils / elles | ont réuni | they gathered |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a réuni les documents nécessaires.
Yesterday, Paul gathered the necessary documents.
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’ | réunissais | I used to gather | |
| tu | réunissais | you used to gather | |
| il / elle / on | réunissait | he / she / it used to gatheron: we used to gather / one used to gather | |
| nous | réunissions | we used to gather | |
| vous | réunissiez | you used to gather | |
| ils / elles | réunissaient | they used to gather |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul réunissait les documents nécessaires.
Back then, Paul used to gather the necessary documents.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réunirai | I will gather | |
| tu | réuniras | you will gather | |
| il / elle / on | réunira | he / she / it will gatheron: we will gather / one will gather | |
| nous | réunirons | we will gather | |
| vous | réunirez | you will gather | |
| ils / elles | réuniront | they will gather |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul réunira les documents nécessaires.
Later, Paul will gather the necessary documents.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réunirais | I would gather | |
| tu | réunirais | you would gather | |
| il / elle / on | réunirait | he / she / it would gatheron: we would gather / one would gather | |
| nous | réunirions | we would gather | |
| vous | réuniriez | you would gather | |
| ils / elles | réuniraient | they would gather |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul réunirait les documents nécessaires.
Paul would gather the necessary documents.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réunisse | (that) I gather | |
| tu | réunisses | (that) you gather | |
| il / elle / on | réunisse | (that) he / she / it gatherson: (that) we gather / one gathers | |
| nous | réunissions | (that) we gather | |
| vous | réunissiez | (that) you gather | |
| ils / elles | réunissent | (that) they gather |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul réunisse les documents nécessaires.
It is possible that Paul gathers the necessary documents.
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 gather, collect
- to bring together
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