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 demand.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revendique | I demand | |
| tu | revendiques | you demand | |
| il / elle / on | revendique | he / she / it demandson: we demand / one demands | |
| nous | revendiquons | we demand | |
| vous | revendiquez | you demand | |
| ils / elles | revendiquent | they demand |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul revendique de meilleures conditions de travail.
Paul demands better working conditions.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai revendiqué | I demanded | |
| tu | as revendiqué | you demanded | |
| il / elle / on | a revendiqué | he / she / it demandedon: we demanded / one demanded | |
| nous | avons revendiqué | we demanded | |
| vous | avez revendiqué | you demanded | |
| ils / elles | ont revendiqué | they demanded |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a revendiqué de meilleures conditions de travail.
Yesterday, Paul demanded better working conditions.
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’ | revendiquais | I used to demand | |
| tu | revendiquais | you used to demand | |
| il / elle / on | revendiquait | he / she / it used to demandon: we used to demand / one used to demand | |
| nous | revendiquions | we used to demand | |
| vous | revendiquiez | you used to demand | |
| ils / elles | revendiquaient | they used to demand |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul revendiquait de meilleures conditions de travail.
Back then, Paul used to demand better working conditions.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revendiquerai | I will demand | |
| tu | revendiqueras | you will demand | |
| il / elle / on | revendiquera | he / she / it will demandon: we will demand / one will demand | |
| nous | revendiquerons | we will demand | |
| vous | revendiquerez | you will demand | |
| ils / elles | revendiqueront | they will demand |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul revendiquera de meilleures conditions de travail.
Later, Paul will demand better working conditions.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revendiquerais | I would demand | |
| tu | revendiquerais | you would demand | |
| il / elle / on | revendiquerait | he / she / it would demandon: we would demand / one would demand | |
| nous | revendiquerions | we would demand | |
| vous | revendiqueriez | you would demand | |
| ils / elles | revendiqueraient | they would demand |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul revendiquerait de meilleures conditions de travail.
Paul would demand better working conditions.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revendique | (that) I demand | |
| tu | revendiques | (that) you demand | |
| il / elle / on | revendique | (that) he / she / it demandson: (that) we demand / one demands | |
| nous | revendiquions | (that) we demand | |
| vous | revendiquiez | (that) you demand | |
| ils / elles | revendiquent | (that) they demand |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul revendique de meilleures conditions de travail.
It is possible that Paul demands better working conditions.
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 demand
- to claim, to lay claim to (ownership), to stake a claim to
- to take on, assume (responsibility)
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