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 relive.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revis | I relive | |
| tu | revis | you relive | |
| il / elle / on | revit | he / she / it reliveson: we relive / one relives | |
| nous | revivons | we relive | |
| vous | revivez | you relive | |
| ils / elles | revivent | they relive |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul revit ce voyage en regardant les photos.
Paul relives this trip by looking at the photos.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai revécu | I relived | |
| tu | as revécu | you relived | |
| il / elle / on | a revécu | he / she / it relivedon: we relived / one relived | |
| nous | avons revécu | we relived | |
| vous | avez revécu | you relived | |
| ils / elles | ont revécu | they relived |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a revécu ce voyage en regardant les photos.
Yesterday, Paul relived this trip by looking at the photos.
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’ | revivais | I used to relive | |
| tu | revivais | you used to relive | |
| il / elle / on | revivait | he / she / it used to reliveon: we used to relive / one used to relive | |
| nous | revivions | we used to relive | |
| vous | reviviez | you used to relive | |
| ils / elles | revivaient | they used to relive |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul revivait ce voyage en regardant les photos.
Back then, Paul used to relive this trip by looking at the photos.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revivrai | I will relive | |
| tu | revivras | you will relive | |
| il / elle / on | revivra | he / she / it will reliveon: we will relive / one will relive | |
| nous | revivrons | we will relive | |
| vous | revivrez | you will relive | |
| ils / elles | revivront | they will relive |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul revivra ce voyage en regardant les photos.
Later, Paul will relive this trip by looking at the photos.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revivrais | I would relive | |
| tu | revivrais | you would relive | |
| il / elle / on | revivrait | he / she / it would reliveon: we would relive / one would relive | |
| nous | revivrions | we would relive | |
| vous | revivriez | you would relive | |
| ils / elles | revivraient | they would relive |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul revivrait ce voyage en regardant les photos.
Paul would relive this trip by looking at the photos.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revive | (that) I relive | |
| tu | revives | (that) you relive | |
| il / elle / on | revive | (that) he / she / it reliveson: (that) we relive / one relives | |
| nous | revivions | (that) we relive | |
| vous | reviviez | (that) you relive | |
| ils / elles | revivent | (that) they relive |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul revive ce voyage en regardant les photos.
It is possible that Paul relives this trip by looking at the photos.
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 live again; to relive
- to relive (experience 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