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 stimulate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stimule | I stimulate | |
| tu | stimules | you stimulate | |
| il / elle / on | stimule | he / she / it stimulateson: we stimulate / one stimulates | |
| nous | stimulons | we stimulate | |
| vous | stimulez | you stimulate | |
| ils / elles | stimulent | they stimulate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce jeu stimule l'imagination des enfants.
This game stimulates the children's imagination.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai stimulé | I stimulated | |
| tu | as stimulé | you stimulated | |
| il / elle / on | a stimulé | he / she / it stimulatedon: we stimulated / one stimulated | |
| nous | avons stimulé | we stimulated | |
| vous | avez stimulé | you stimulated | |
| ils / elles | ont stimulé | they stimulated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce jeu a stimulé l'imagination des enfants.
Yesterday, this game stimulated the children's imagination.
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’ | stimulais | I used to stimulate | |
| tu | stimulais | you used to stimulate | |
| il / elle / on | stimulait | he / she / it used to stimulateon: we used to stimulate / one used to stimulate | |
| nous | stimulions | we used to stimulate | |
| vous | stimuliez | you used to stimulate | |
| ils / elles | stimulaient | they used to stimulate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce jeu stimulait l'imagination des enfants.
Back then, this game used to stimulate the children's imagination.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stimulerai | I will stimulate | |
| tu | stimuleras | you will stimulate | |
| il / elle / on | stimulera | he / she / it will stimulateon: we will stimulate / one will stimulate | |
| nous | stimulerons | we will stimulate | |
| vous | stimulerez | you will stimulate | |
| ils / elles | stimuleront | they will stimulate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce jeu stimulera l'imagination des enfants.
Later, this game will stimulate the children's imagination.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stimulerais | I would stimulate | |
| tu | stimulerais | you would stimulate | |
| il / elle / on | stimulerait | he / she / it would stimulateon: we would stimulate / one would stimulate | |
| nous | stimulerions | we would stimulate | |
| vous | stimuleriez | you would stimulate | |
| ils / elles | stimuleraient | they would stimulate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce jeu stimulerait l'imagination des enfants.
This game would stimulate the children's imagination.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stimule | (that) I stimulate | |
| tu | stimules | (that) you stimulate | |
| il / elle / on | stimule | (that) he / she / it stimulateson: (that) we stimulate / one stimulates | |
| nous | stimulions | (that) we stimulate | |
| vous | stimuliez | (that) you stimulate | |
| ils / elles | stimulent | (that) they stimulate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce jeu stimule l'imagination des enfants.
It is possible that this game stimulates the children's imagination.
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 stimulate
- to whip up
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