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 subscribe.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | souscris | I subscribe | |
| tu | souscris | you subscribe | |
| il / elle / on | souscrit | he / she / it subscribeson: we subscribe / one subscribes | |
| nous | souscrivons | we subscribe | |
| vous | souscrivez | you subscribe | |
| ils / elles | souscrivent | they subscribe |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul souscrit un abonnement à une revue scientifique.
Paul subscribes to a science magazine.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai souscrit | I subscribed | |
| tu | as souscrit | you subscribed | |
| il / elle / on | a souscrit | he / she / it subscribedon: we subscribed / one subscribed | |
| nous | avons souscrit | we subscribed | |
| vous | avez souscrit | you subscribed | |
| ils / elles | ont souscrit | they subscribed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a souscrit un abonnement à une revue scientifique.
Yesterday, Paul subscribed to a science magazine.
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’ | souscrivais | I used to subscribe | |
| tu | souscrivais | you used to subscribe | |
| il / elle / on | souscrivait | he / she / it used to subscribeon: we used to subscribe / one used to subscribe | |
| nous | souscrivions | we used to subscribe | |
| vous | souscriviez | you used to subscribe | |
| ils / elles | souscrivaient | they used to subscribe |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul souscrivait un abonnement à une revue scientifique.
Back then, Paul used to subscribe to a science magazine.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | souscrirai | I will subscribe | |
| tu | souscriras | you will subscribe | |
| il / elle / on | souscrira | he / she / it will subscribeon: we will subscribe / one will subscribe | |
| nous | souscrirons | we will subscribe | |
| vous | souscrirez | you will subscribe | |
| ils / elles | souscriront | they will subscribe |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul souscrira un abonnement à une revue scientifique.
Later, Paul will subscribe to a science magazine.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | souscrirais | I would subscribe | |
| tu | souscrirais | you would subscribe | |
| il / elle / on | souscrirait | he / she / it would subscribeon: we would subscribe / one would subscribe | |
| nous | souscririons | we would subscribe | |
| vous | souscririez | you would subscribe | |
| ils / elles | souscriraient | they would subscribe |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul souscrirait un abonnement à une revue scientifique.
Paul would subscribe to a science magazine.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | souscrive | (that) I subscribe | |
| tu | souscrives | (that) you subscribe | |
| il / elle / on | souscrive | (that) he / she / it subscribeson: (that) we subscribe / one subscribes | |
| nous | souscrivions | (that) we subscribe | |
| vous | souscriviez | (that) you subscribe | |
| ils / elles | souscrivent | (that) they subscribe |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul souscrive un abonnement à une revue scientifique.
It is possible that Paul subscribes to a science magazine.
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 subscribe (all meanings)
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