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 review.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | révise | I review | |
| tu | révises | you review | |
| il / elle / on | révise | he / she / it reviewson: we review / one reviews | |
| nous | révisons | we review | |
| vous | révisez | you review | |
| ils / elles | révisent | they review |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul révise ses notes avant l'examen.
Paul reviews his notes before the exam.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai révisé | I reviewed | |
| tu | as révisé | you reviewed | |
| il / elle / on | a révisé | he / she / it reviewedon: we reviewed / one reviewed | |
| nous | avons révisé | we reviewed | |
| vous | avez révisé | you reviewed | |
| ils / elles | ont révisé | they reviewed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a révisé ses notes avant l'examen.
Yesterday, Paul reviewed his notes before the exam.
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’ | révisais | I used to review | |
| tu | révisais | you used to review | |
| il / elle / on | révisait | he / she / it used to reviewon: we used to review / one used to review | |
| nous | révisions | we used to review | |
| vous | révisiez | you used to review | |
| ils / elles | révisaient | they used to review |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul révisait ses notes avant l'examen.
Back then, Paul used to review his notes before the exam.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réviserai | I will review | |
| tu | réviseras | you will review | |
| il / elle / on | révisera | he / she / it will reviewon: we will review / one will review | |
| nous | réviserons | we will review | |
| vous | réviserez | you will review | |
| ils / elles | réviseront | they will review |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul révisera ses notes avant l'examen.
Later, Paul will review his notes before the exam.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réviserais | I would review | |
| tu | réviserais | you would review | |
| il / elle / on | réviserait | he / she / it would reviewon: we would review / one would review | |
| nous | réviserions | we would review | |
| vous | réviseriez | you would review | |
| ils / elles | réviseraient | they would review |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul réviserait ses notes avant l'examen.
Paul would review his notes before the exam.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | révise | (that) I review | |
| tu | révises | (that) you review | |
| il / elle / on | révise | (that) he / she / it reviewson: (that) we review / one reviews | |
| nous | révisions | (that) we review | |
| vous | révisiez | (that) you review | |
| ils / elles | révisent | (that) they review |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul révise ses notes avant l'examen.
It is possible that Paul reviews his notes before the exam.
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 revise, review
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