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 put up with.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | supporte | I put up with | |
| tu | supportes | you put up with | |
| il / elle / on | supporte | he / she / it puts up withon: we put up with / one puts up with | |
| nous | supportons | we put up with | |
| vous | supportez | you put up with | |
| ils / elles | supportent | they put up with |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul supporte le bruit de la rue.
Paul puts up with the street noise.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai supporté | I put up with | |
| tu | as supporté | you put up with | |
| il / elle / on | a supporté | he / she / it put up withon: we put up with / one put up with | |
| nous | avons supporté | we put up with | |
| vous | avez supporté | you put up with | |
| ils / elles | ont supporté | they put up with |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a supporté le bruit de la rue.
Yesterday, Paul put up with the street noise.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | supportais | I used to put up with | |
| tu | supportais | you used to put up with | |
| il / elle / on | supportait | he / she / it used to put up withon: we used to put up with / one used to put up with | |
| nous | supportions | we used to put up with | |
| vous | supportiez | you used to put up with | |
| ils / elles | supportaient | they used to put up with |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul supportait le bruit de la rue.
Back then, Paul used to put up with the street noise.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | supporterai | I will put up with | |
| tu | supporteras | you will put up with | |
| il / elle / on | supportera | he / she / it will put up withon: we will put up with / one will put up with | |
| nous | supporterons | we will put up with | |
| vous | supporterez | you will put up with | |
| ils / elles | supporteront | they will put up with |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul supportera le bruit de la rue.
Later, Paul will put up with the street noise.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | supporterais | I would put up with | |
| tu | supporterais | you would put up with | |
| il / elle / on | supporterait | he / she / it would put up withon: we would put up with / one would put up with | |
| nous | supporterions | we would put up with | |
| vous | supporteriez | you would put up with | |
| ils / elles | supporteraient | they would put up with |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul supporterait le bruit de la rue.
Paul would put up with the street noise.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | supporte | (that) I put up with | |
| tu | supportes | (that) you put up with | |
| il / elle / on | supporte | (that) he / she / it puts up withon: (that) we put up with / one puts up with | |
| nous | supportions | (that) we put up with | |
| vous | supportiez | (that) you put up with | |
| ils / elles | supportent | (that) they put up with |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul supporte le bruit de la rue.
It is possible that Paul puts up with the street noise.
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 support; to put up with
- to support
- to bear
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