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 request.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | sollicite | I request | |
| tu | sollicites | you request | |
| il / elle / on | sollicite | he / she / it requestson: we request / one requests | |
| nous | sollicitons | we request | |
| vous | sollicitez | you request | |
| ils / elles | sollicitent | they request |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul sollicite l'aide de ses voisins.
Paul requests help from his neighbors.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai sollicité | I requested | |
| tu | as sollicité | you requested | |
| il / elle / on | a sollicité | he / she / it requestedon: we requested / one requested | |
| nous | avons sollicité | we requested | |
| vous | avez sollicité | you requested | |
| ils / elles | ont sollicité | they requested |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a sollicité l'aide de ses voisins.
Yesterday, Paul requested help from his neighbors.
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’ | sollicitais | I used to request | |
| tu | sollicitais | you used to request | |
| il / elle / on | sollicitait | he / she / it used to requeston: we used to request / one used to request | |
| nous | sollicitions | we used to request | |
| vous | sollicitiez | you used to request | |
| ils / elles | sollicitaient | they used to request |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul sollicitait l'aide de ses voisins.
Back then, Paul used to request help from his neighbors.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | solliciterai | I will request | |
| tu | solliciteras | you will request | |
| il / elle / on | sollicitera | he / she / it will requeston: we will request / one will request | |
| nous | solliciterons | we will request | |
| vous | solliciterez | you will request | |
| ils / elles | solliciteront | they will request |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul sollicitera l'aide de ses voisins.
Later, Paul will request help from his neighbors.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | solliciterais | I would request | |
| tu | solliciterais | you would request | |
| il / elle / on | solliciterait | he / she / it would requeston: we would request / one would request | |
| nous | solliciterions | we would request | |
| vous | solliciteriez | you would request | |
| ils / elles | solliciteraient | they would request |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul solliciterait l'aide de ses voisins.
Paul would request help from his neighbors.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | sollicite | (that) I request | |
| tu | sollicites | (that) you request | |
| il / elle / on | sollicite | (that) he / she / it requestson: (that) we request / one requests | |
| nous | sollicitions | (that) we request | |
| vous | sollicitiez | (that) you request | |
| ils / elles | sollicitent | (that) they request |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul sollicite l'aide de ses voisins.
It is possible that Paul requests help from his neighbors.
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 solicit
- to attract (attention, interest)
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