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 reveal.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | révèle | I reveal | |
| tu | révèles | you reveal | |
| il / elle / on | révèle | he / she / it revealson: we reveal / one reveals | |
| nous | révélons | we reveal | |
| vous | révélez | you reveal | |
| ils / elles | révèlent | they reveal |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul révèle la vérité à son ami.
Paul reveals the truth to his friend.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai révélé | I revealed | |
| tu | as révélé | you revealed | |
| il / elle / on | a révélé | he / she / it revealedon: we revealed / one revealed | |
| nous | avons révélé | we revealed | |
| vous | avez révélé | you revealed | |
| ils / elles | ont révélé | they revealed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a révélé la vérité à son ami.
Yesterday, Paul revealed the truth to his friend.
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’ | révélais | I used to reveal | |
| tu | révélais | you used to reveal | |
| il / elle / on | révélait | he / she / it used to revealon: we used to reveal / one used to reveal | |
| nous | révélions | we used to reveal | |
| vous | révéliez | you used to reveal | |
| ils / elles | révélaient | they used to reveal |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul révélait la vérité à son ami.
Back then, Paul used to reveal the truth to his friend.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | révèlerai / révélerai | I will reveal | |
| tu | révèleras / révéleras | you will reveal | |
| il / elle / on | révèlera / révélera | he / she / it will revealon: we will reveal / one will reveal | |
| nous | révèlerons / révélerons | we will reveal | |
| vous | révèlerez / révélerez | you will reveal | |
| ils / elles | révèleront / révéleront | they will reveal |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul révèlera la vérité à son ami.
Later, Paul will reveal the truth to his friend.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | révèlerais / révélerais | I would reveal | |
| tu | révèlerais / révélerais | you would reveal | |
| il / elle / on | révèlerait / révélerait | he / she / it would revealon: we would reveal / one would reveal | |
| nous | révèlerions / révélerions | we would reveal | |
| vous | révèleriez / révéleriez | you would reveal | |
| ils / elles | révèleraient / révéleraient | they would reveal |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul révèlerait la vérité à son ami.
Paul would reveal the truth to his friend.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | révèle | (that) I reveal | |
| tu | révèles | (that) you reveal | |
| il / elle / on | révèle | (that) he / she / it revealson: (that) we reveal / one reveals | |
| nous | révélions | (that) we reveal | |
| vous | révéliez | (that) you reveal | |
| ils / elles | révèlent | (that) they reveal |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul révèle la vérité à son ami.
It is possible that Paul reveals the truth to his friend.
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 reveal, to give away
- to develop (a photo)
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