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 raise awareness.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | sensibilise | I raise awareness | |
| tu | sensibilises | you raise awareness | |
| il / elle / on | sensibilise | he / she / it raises awarenesson: we raise awareness / one raises awareness | |
| nous | sensibilisons | we raise awareness | |
| vous | sensibilisez | you raise awareness | |
| ils / elles | sensibilisent | they raise awareness |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul sensibilise les élèves au recyclage.
Paul raises awareness of recycling among the students.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai sensibilisé | I raised awareness | |
| tu | as sensibilisé | you raised awareness | |
| il / elle / on | a sensibilisé | he / she / it raised awarenesson: we raised awareness / one raised awareness | |
| nous | avons sensibilisé | we raised awareness | |
| vous | avez sensibilisé | you raised awareness | |
| ils / elles | ont sensibilisé | they raised awareness |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a sensibilisé les élèves au recyclage.
Yesterday, Paul raised awareness of recycling among the students.
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’ | sensibilisais | I used to raise awareness | |
| tu | sensibilisais | you used to raise awareness | |
| il / elle / on | sensibilisait | he / she / it used to raise awarenesson: we used to raise awareness / one used to raise awareness | |
| nous | sensibilisions | we used to raise awareness | |
| vous | sensibilisiez | you used to raise awareness | |
| ils / elles | sensibilisaient | they used to raise awareness |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul sensibilisait les élèves au recyclage.
Back then, Paul used to raise awareness of recycling among the students.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | sensibiliserai | I will raise awareness | |
| tu | sensibiliseras | you will raise awareness | |
| il / elle / on | sensibilisera | he / she / it will raise awarenesson: we will raise awareness / one will raise awareness | |
| nous | sensibiliserons | we will raise awareness | |
| vous | sensibiliserez | you will raise awareness | |
| ils / elles | sensibiliseront | they will raise awareness |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul sensibilisera les élèves au recyclage.
Later, Paul will raise awareness of recycling among the students.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | sensibiliserais | I would raise awareness | |
| tu | sensibiliserais | you would raise awareness | |
| il / elle / on | sensibiliserait | he / she / it would raise awarenesson: we would raise awareness / one would raise awareness | |
| nous | sensibiliserions | we would raise awareness | |
| vous | sensibiliseriez | you would raise awareness | |
| ils / elles | sensibiliseraient | they would raise awareness |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul sensibiliserait les élèves au recyclage.
Paul would raise awareness of recycling among the students.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | sensibilise | (that) I raise awareness | |
| tu | sensibilises | (that) you raise awareness | |
| il / elle / on | sensibilise | (that) he / she / it raises awarenesson: (that) we raise awareness / one raises awareness | |
| nous | sensibilisions | (that) we raise awareness | |
| vous | sensibilisiez | (that) you raise awareness | |
| ils / elles | sensibilisent | (that) they raise awareness |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul sensibilise les élèves au recyclage.
It is possible that Paul raises awareness of recycling among the students.
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.”
Sensibiliser quelqu’un à quelque chose means raise someone’s awareness of something.
Meaning & usage
- to make sensitive
- to raise awareness
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