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 suggest.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | suggère | I suggest | |
| tu | suggères | you suggest | |
| il / elle / on | suggère | he / she / it suggestson: we suggest / one suggests | |
| nous | suggérons | we suggest | |
| vous | suggérez | you suggest | |
| ils / elles | suggèrent | they suggest |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul suggère une promenade au bord du lac.
Paul suggests a walk beside the lake.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai suggéré | I suggested | |
| tu | as suggéré | you suggested | |
| il / elle / on | a suggéré | he / she / it suggestedon: we suggested / one suggested | |
| nous | avons suggéré | we suggested | |
| vous | avez suggéré | you suggested | |
| ils / elles | ont suggéré | they suggested |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a suggéré une promenade au bord du lac.
Yesterday, Paul suggested a walk beside the lake.
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’ | suggérais | I used to suggest | |
| tu | suggérais | you used to suggest | |
| il / elle / on | suggérait | he / she / it used to suggeston: we used to suggest / one used to suggest | |
| nous | suggérions | we used to suggest | |
| vous | suggériez | you used to suggest | |
| ils / elles | suggéraient | they used to suggest |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul suggérait une promenade au bord du lac.
Back then, Paul used to suggest a walk beside the lake.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | suggèrerai / suggérerai | I will suggest | |
| tu | suggèreras / suggéreras | you will suggest | |
| il / elle / on | suggèrera / suggérera | he / she / it will suggeston: we will suggest / one will suggest | |
| nous | suggèrerons / suggérerons | we will suggest | |
| vous | suggèrerez / suggérerez | you will suggest | |
| ils / elles | suggèreront / suggéreront | they will suggest |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul suggèrera une promenade au bord du lac.
Later, Paul will suggest a walk beside the lake.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | suggèrerais / suggérerais | I would suggest | |
| tu | suggèrerais / suggérerais | you would suggest | |
| il / elle / on | suggèrerait / suggérerait | he / she / it would suggeston: we would suggest / one would suggest | |
| nous | suggèrerions / suggérerions | we would suggest | |
| vous | suggèreriez / suggéreriez | you would suggest | |
| ils / elles | suggèreraient / suggéreraient | they would suggest |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul suggèrerait une promenade au bord du lac.
Paul would suggest a walk beside the lake.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | suggère | (that) I suggest | |
| tu | suggères | (that) you suggest | |
| il / elle / on | suggère | (that) he / she / it suggestson: (that) we suggest / one suggests | |
| nous | suggérions | (that) we suggest | |
| vous | suggériez | (that) you suggest | |
| ils / elles | suggèrent | (that) they suggest |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul suggère une promenade au bord du lac.
It is possible that Paul suggests a walk beside the lake.
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 suggest, propose
- to evoke, suggest
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