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 submit.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | soumets | I submit | |
| tu | soumets | you submit | |
| il / elle / on | soumet | he / she / it submitson: we submit / one submits | |
| nous | soumettons | we submit | |
| vous | soumettez | you submit | |
| ils / elles | soumettent | they submit |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul soumet son projet au comité.
Paul submits his project to the committee.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai soumis | I submitted | |
| tu | as soumis | you submitted | |
| il / elle / on | a soumis | he / she / it submittedon: we submitted / one submitted | |
| nous | avons soumis | we submitted | |
| vous | avez soumis | you submitted | |
| ils / elles | ont soumis | they submitted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a soumis son projet au comité.
Yesterday, Paul submitted his project to the committee.
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’ | soumettais | I used to submit | |
| tu | soumettais | you used to submit | |
| il / elle / on | soumettait | he / she / it used to submiton: we used to submit / one used to submit | |
| nous | soumettions | we used to submit | |
| vous | soumettiez | you used to submit | |
| ils / elles | soumettaient | they used to submit |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul soumettait son projet au comité.
Back then, Paul used to submit his project to the committee.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | soumettrai | I will submit | |
| tu | soumettras | you will submit | |
| il / elle / on | soumettra | he / she / it will submiton: we will submit / one will submit | |
| nous | soumettrons | we will submit | |
| vous | soumettrez | you will submit | |
| ils / elles | soumettront | they will submit |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul soumettra son projet au comité.
Later, Paul will submit his project to the committee.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | soumettrais | I would submit | |
| tu | soumettrais | you would submit | |
| il / elle / on | soumettrait | he / she / it would submiton: we would submit / one would submit | |
| nous | soumettrions | we would submit | |
| vous | soumettriez | you would submit | |
| ils / elles | soumettraient | they would submit |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul soumettrait son projet au comité.
Paul would submit his project to the committee.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | soumette | (that) I submit | |
| tu | soumettes | (that) you submit | |
| il / elle / on | soumette | (that) he / she / it submitson: (that) we submit / one submits | |
| nous | soumettions | (that) we submit | |
| vous | soumettiez | (that) you submit | |
| ils / elles | soumettent | (that) they submit |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul soumette son projet au comité.
It is possible that Paul submits his project to the committee.
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 submit
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