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 see again.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revois | I see again | |
| tu | revois | you see again | |
| il / elle / on | revoit | he / she / it sees againon: we see again / one sees again | |
| nous | revoyons | we see again | |
| vous | revoyez | you see again | |
| ils / elles | revoient | they see again |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul revoit son ancien professeur.
Paul sees his former teacher again.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai revu | I saw again | |
| tu | as revu | you saw again | |
| il / elle / on | a revu | he / she / it saw againon: we saw again / one saw again | |
| nous | avons revu | we saw again | |
| vous | avez revu | you saw again | |
| ils / elles | ont revu | they saw again |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a revu son ancien professeur.
Yesterday, Paul saw his former teacher again.
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’ | revoyais | I used to see again | |
| tu | revoyais | you used to see again | |
| il / elle / on | revoyait | he / she / it used to see againon: we used to see again / one used to see again | |
| nous | revoyions | we used to see again | |
| vous | revoyiez | you used to see again | |
| ils / elles | revoyaient | they used to see again |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul revoyait son ancien professeur chaque été.
Back then, Paul used to see his former teacher again every summer.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | reverrai | I will see again | |
| tu | reverras | you will see again | |
| il / elle / on | reverra | he / she / it will see againon: we will see again / one will see again | |
| nous | reverrons | we will see again | |
| vous | reverrez | you will see again | |
| ils / elles | reverront | they will see again |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Demain, Paul reverra son ancien professeur.
Tomorrow, Paul will see his former teacher again.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | reverrais | I would see again | |
| tu | reverrais | you would see again | |
| il / elle / on | reverrait | he / she / it would see againon: we would see again / one would see again | |
| nous | reverrions | we would see again | |
| vous | reverriez | you would see again | |
| ils / elles | reverraient | they would see again |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Avec plus de temps, Paul reverrait son ancien professeur.
With more time, Paul would see his former teacher again.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | revoie | (that) I see again | |
| tu | revoies | (that) you see again | |
| il / elle / on | revoie | (that) he / she / it sees againon: (that) we see again / one sees again | |
| nous | revoyions | (that) we see again | |
| vous | revoyiez | (that) you see again | |
| ils / elles | revoient | (that) they see again |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul revoie son ancien professeur.
Paul may see his former teacher again.
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.”
Revoir means to see someone or something again.
Meaning & usage
- to see again
- to re-examine
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