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 report.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | signale | I report | |
| tu | signales | you report | |
| il / elle / on | signale | he / she / it reportson: we report / one reports | |
| nous | signalons | we report | |
| vous | signalez | you report | |
| ils / elles | signalent | they report |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul signale un problème à l'accueil.
Paul reports a problem at reception.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai signalé | I reported | |
| tu | as signalé | you reported | |
| il / elle / on | a signalé | he / she / it reportedon: we reported / one reported | |
| nous | avons signalé | we reported | |
| vous | avez signalé | you reported | |
| ils / elles | ont signalé | they reported |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a signalé un problème à l'accueil.
Yesterday, Paul reported a problem at reception.
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’ | signalais | I used to report | |
| tu | signalais | you used to report | |
| il / elle / on | signalait | he / she / it used to reporton: we used to report / one used to report | |
| nous | signalions | we used to report | |
| vous | signaliez | you used to report | |
| ils / elles | signalaient | they used to report |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul signalait un problème à l'accueil.
Back then, Paul used to report a problem at reception.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | signalerai | I will report | |
| tu | signaleras | you will report | |
| il / elle / on | signalera | he / she / it will reporton: we will report / one will report | |
| nous | signalerons | we will report | |
| vous | signalerez | you will report | |
| ils / elles | signaleront | they will report |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul signalera un problème à l'accueil.
Later, Paul will report a problem at reception.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | signalerais | I would report | |
| tu | signalerais | you would report | |
| il / elle / on | signalerait | he / she / it would reporton: we would report / one would report | |
| nous | signalerions | we would report | |
| vous | signaleriez | you would report | |
| ils / elles | signaleraient | they would report |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul signalerait un problème à l'accueil.
Paul would report a problem at reception.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | signale | (that) I report | |
| tu | signales | (that) you report | |
| il / elle / on | signale | (that) he / she / it reportson: (that) we report / one reports | |
| nous | signalions | (that) we report | |
| vous | signaliez | (that) you report | |
| ils / elles | signalent | (that) they report |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul signale un problème à l'accueil.
It is possible that Paul reports a problem at reception.
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 signal
- to highlight, to notify, to bring to attention, to identify
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