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 charm.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | séduis | I charm | |
| tu | séduis | you charm | |
| il / elle / on | séduit | he / she / it charmson: we charm / one charms | |
| nous | séduisons | we charm | |
| vous | séduisez | you charm | |
| ils / elles | séduisent | they charm |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce village séduit les visiteurs par son calme.
This village charms visitors with its tranquillity.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai séduit | I charmed | |
| tu | as séduit | you charmed | |
| il / elle / on | a séduit | he / she / it charmedon: we charmed / one charmed | |
| nous | avons séduit | we charmed | |
| vous | avez séduit | you charmed | |
| ils / elles | ont séduit | they charmed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce village a séduit les visiteurs par son calme.
Yesterday, this village charmed visitors with its tranquillity.
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’ | séduisais | I used to charm | |
| tu | séduisais | you used to charm | |
| il / elle / on | séduisait | he / she / it used to charmon: we used to charm / one used to charm | |
| nous | séduisions | we used to charm | |
| vous | séduisiez | you used to charm | |
| ils / elles | séduisaient | they used to charm |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce village séduisait les visiteurs par son calme.
Back then, this village used to charm visitors with its tranquillity.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | séduirai | I will charm | |
| tu | séduiras | you will charm | |
| il / elle / on | séduira | he / she / it will charmon: we will charm / one will charm | |
| nous | séduirons | we will charm | |
| vous | séduirez | you will charm | |
| ils / elles | séduiront | they will charm |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce village séduira les visiteurs par son calme.
Later, this village will charm visitors with its tranquillity.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | séduirais | I would charm | |
| tu | séduirais | you would charm | |
| il / elle / on | séduirait | he / she / it would charmon: we would charm / one would charm | |
| nous | séduirions | we would charm | |
| vous | séduiriez | you would charm | |
| ils / elles | séduiraient | they would charm |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce village séduirait les visiteurs par son calme.
This village would charm visitors with its tranquillity.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | séduise | (that) I charm | |
| tu | séduises | (that) you charm | |
| il / elle / on | séduise | (that) he / she / it charmson: (that) we charm / one charms | |
| nous | séduisions | (that) we charm | |
| vous | séduisiez | (that) you charm | |
| ils / elles | séduisent | (that) they charm |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce village séduise les visiteurs par son calme.
It is possible that this village charms visitors with its tranquillity.
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 seduce
- to lure
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