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 resell.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revends | I resell | |
| tu | revends | you resell | |
| il / elle / on | revend | he / she / it resellson: we resell / one resells | |
| nous | revendons | we resell | |
| vous | revendez | you resell | |
| ils / elles | revendent | they resell |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul revend son ancien vélo.
Paul resells his old bicycle.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai revendu | I resold | |
| tu | as revendu | you resold | |
| il / elle / on | a revendu | he / she / it resoldon: we resold / one resold | |
| nous | avons revendu | we resold | |
| vous | avez revendu | you resold | |
| ils / elles | ont revendu | they resold |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a revendu son ancien vélo.
Yesterday, Paul resold his old bicycle.
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’ | revendais | I used to resell | |
| tu | revendais | you used to resell | |
| il / elle / on | revendait | he / she / it used to resellon: we used to resell / one used to resell | |
| nous | revendions | we used to resell | |
| vous | revendiez | you used to resell | |
| ils / elles | revendaient | they used to resell |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul revendait son ancien vélo.
Back then, Paul used to resell his old bicycle.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revendrai | I will resell | |
| tu | revendras | you will resell | |
| il / elle / on | revendra | he / she / it will resellon: we will resell / one will resell | |
| nous | revendrons | we will resell | |
| vous | revendrez | you will resell | |
| ils / elles | revendront | they will resell |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul revendra son ancien vélo.
Later, Paul will resell his old bicycle.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revendrais | I would resell | |
| tu | revendrais | you would resell | |
| il / elle / on | revendrait | he / she / it would resellon: we would resell / one would resell | |
| nous | revendrions | we would resell | |
| vous | revendriez | you would resell | |
| ils / elles | revendraient | they would resell |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul revendrait son ancien vélo.
Paul would resell his old bicycle.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revende | (that) I resell | |
| tu | revendes | (that) you resell | |
| il / elle / on | revende | (that) he / she / it resellson: (that) we resell / one resells | |
| nous | revendions | (that) we resell | |
| vous | revendiez | (that) you resell | |
| ils / elles | revendent | (that) they resell |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul revende son ancien vélo.
It is possible that Paul resells his old bicycle.
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
- resell, sell again
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