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 savor.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | savoure | I savor | |
| tu | savoures | you savor | |
| il / elle / on | savoure | he / she / it savorson: we savor / one savors | |
| nous | savourons | we savor | |
| vous | savourez | you savor | |
| ils / elles | savourent | they savor |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul savoure une tasse de chocolat chaud.
Paul savors a cup of hot chocolate.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai savouré | I savored | |
| tu | as savouré | you savored | |
| il / elle / on | a savouré | he / she / it savoredon: we savored / one savored | |
| nous | avons savouré | we savored | |
| vous | avez savouré | you savored | |
| ils / elles | ont savouré | they savored |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a savouré une tasse de chocolat chaud.
Yesterday, Paul savored a cup of hot chocolate.
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’ | savourais | I used to savor | |
| tu | savourais | you used to savor | |
| il / elle / on | savourait | he / she / it used to savoron: we used to savor / one used to savor | |
| nous | savourions | we used to savor | |
| vous | savouriez | you used to savor | |
| ils / elles | savouraient | they used to savor |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul savourait une tasse de chocolat chaud.
Back then, Paul used to savor a cup of hot chocolate.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | savourerai | I will savor | |
| tu | savoureras | you will savor | |
| il / elle / on | savourera | he / she / it will savoron: we will savor / one will savor | |
| nous | savourerons | we will savor | |
| vous | savourerez | you will savor | |
| ils / elles | savoureront | they will savor |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul savourera une tasse de chocolat chaud.
Later, Paul will savor a cup of hot chocolate.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | savourerais | I would savor | |
| tu | savourerais | you would savor | |
| il / elle / on | savourerait | he / she / it would savoron: we would savor / one would savor | |
| nous | savourerions | we would savor | |
| vous | savoureriez | you would savor | |
| ils / elles | savoureraient | they would savor |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul savourerait une tasse de chocolat chaud.
Paul would savor a cup of hot chocolate.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | savoure | (that) I savor | |
| tu | savoures | (that) you savor | |
| il / elle / on | savoure | (that) he / she / it savorson: (that) we savor / one savors | |
| nous | savourions | (that) we savor | |
| vous | savouriez | (that) you savor | |
| ils / elles | savourent | (that) they savor |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul savoure une tasse de chocolat chaud.
It is possible that Paul savors a cup of hot chocolate.
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 savour, to savor
- to taste
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