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 roll.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | roule | I roll | |
| tu | roules | you roll | |
| il / elle / on | roule | he / she / it rollson: we roll / one rolls | |
| nous | roulons | we roll | |
| vous | roulez | you roll | |
| ils / elles | roulent | they roll |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul roule le tapis avant de le ranger.
Paul rolls the rug before putting it away.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai roulé | I rolled | |
| tu | as roulé | you rolled | |
| il / elle / on | a roulé | he / she / it rolledon: we rolled / one rolled | |
| nous | avons roulé | we rolled | |
| vous | avez roulé | you rolled | |
| ils / elles | ont roulé | they rolled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a roulé le tapis avant de le ranger.
Yesterday, Paul rolled the rug before putting it away.
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’ | roulais | I used to roll | |
| tu | roulais | you used to roll | |
| il / elle / on | roulait | he / she / it used to rollon: we used to roll / one used to roll | |
| nous | roulions | we used to roll | |
| vous | rouliez | you used to roll | |
| ils / elles | roulaient | they used to roll |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul roulait le tapis avant de le ranger.
Back then, Paul used to roll the rug before putting it away.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | roulerai | I will roll | |
| tu | rouleras | you will roll | |
| il / elle / on | roulera | he / she / it will rollon: we will roll / one will roll | |
| nous | roulerons | we will roll | |
| vous | roulerez | you will roll | |
| ils / elles | rouleront | they will roll |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul roulera le tapis avant de le ranger.
Later, Paul will roll the rug before putting it away.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | roulerais | I would roll | |
| tu | roulerais | you would roll | |
| il / elle / on | roulerait | he / she / it would rollon: we would roll / one would roll | |
| nous | roulerions | we would roll | |
| vous | rouleriez | you would roll | |
| ils / elles | rouleraient | they would roll |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul roulerait le tapis avant de le ranger.
Paul would roll the rug before putting it away.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | roule | (that) I roll | |
| tu | roules | (that) you roll | |
| il / elle / on | roule | (that) he / she / it rollson: (that) we roll / one rolls | |
| nous | roulions | (that) we roll | |
| vous | rouliez | (that) you roll | |
| ils / elles | roulent | (that) they roll |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul roule le tapis avant de le ranger.
It is possible that Paul rolls the rug before putting it away.
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 roll
- to revolve
- to go (of events, to proceed)
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