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 store.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stocke | I store | |
| tu | stockes | you store | |
| il / elle / on | stocke | he / she / it storeson: we store / one stores | |
| nous | stockons | we store | |
| vous | stockez | you store | |
| ils / elles | stockent | they store |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul stocke les cartons au garage.
Paul stores the boxes in the garage.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai stocké | I stored | |
| tu | as stocké | you stored | |
| il / elle / on | a stocké | he / she / it storedon: we stored / one stored | |
| nous | avons stocké | we stored | |
| vous | avez stocké | you stored | |
| ils / elles | ont stocké | they stored |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a stocké les cartons au garage.
Yesterday, Paul stored the boxes in the garage.
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’ | stockais | I used to store | |
| tu | stockais | you used to store | |
| il / elle / on | stockait | he / she / it used to storeon: we used to store / one used to store | |
| nous | stockions | we used to store | |
| vous | stockiez | you used to store | |
| ils / elles | stockaient | they used to store |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul stockait les cartons au garage.
Back then, Paul used to store the boxes in the garage.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stockerai | I will store | |
| tu | stockeras | you will store | |
| il / elle / on | stockera | he / she / it will storeon: we will store / one will store | |
| nous | stockerons | we will store | |
| vous | stockerez | you will store | |
| ils / elles | stockeront | they will store |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul stockera les cartons au garage.
Later, Paul will store the boxes in the garage.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stockerais | I would store | |
| tu | stockerais | you would store | |
| il / elle / on | stockerait | he / she / it would storeon: we would store / one would store | |
| nous | stockerions | we would store | |
| vous | stockeriez | you would store | |
| ils / elles | stockeraient | they would store |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul stockerait les cartons au garage.
Paul would store the boxes in the garage.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stocke | (that) I store | |
| tu | stockes | (that) you store | |
| il / elle / on | stocke | (that) he / she / it storeson: (that) we store / one stores | |
| nous | stockions | (that) we store | |
| vous | stockiez | (that) you store | |
| ils / elles | stockent | (that) they store |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul stocke les cartons au garage.
It is possible that Paul stores the boxes in the garage.
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 store (keep (something) while not in use)
- to stock; to stock 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