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 delete.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | supprime | I delete | |
| tu | supprimes | you delete | |
| il / elle / on | supprime | he / she / it deleteson: we delete / one deletes | |
| nous | supprimons | we delete | |
| vous | supprimez | you delete | |
| ils / elles | suppriment | they delete |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul supprime les messages inutiles.
Paul deletes unnecessary messages.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai supprimé | I deleted | |
| tu | as supprimé | you deleted | |
| il / elle / on | a supprimé | he / she / it deletedon: we deleted / one deleted | |
| nous | avons supprimé | we deleted | |
| vous | avez supprimé | you deleted | |
| ils / elles | ont supprimé | they deleted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a supprimé les messages inutiles.
Yesterday, Paul deleted unnecessary messages.
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’ | supprimais | I used to delete | |
| tu | supprimais | you used to delete | |
| il / elle / on | supprimait | he / she / it used to deleteon: we used to delete / one used to delete | |
| nous | supprimions | we used to delete | |
| vous | supprimiez | you used to delete | |
| ils / elles | supprimaient | they used to delete |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul supprimait les messages inutiles.
Back then, Paul used to delete unnecessary messages.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | supprimerai | I will delete | |
| tu | supprimeras | you will delete | |
| il / elle / on | supprimera | he / she / it will deleteon: we will delete / one will delete | |
| nous | supprimerons | we will delete | |
| vous | supprimerez | you will delete | |
| ils / elles | supprimeront | they will delete |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul supprimera les messages inutiles.
Later, Paul will delete unnecessary messages.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | supprimerais | I would delete | |
| tu | supprimerais | you would delete | |
| il / elle / on | supprimerait | he / she / it would deleteon: we would delete / one would delete | |
| nous | supprimerions | we would delete | |
| vous | supprimeriez | you would delete | |
| ils / elles | supprimeraient | they would delete |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul supprimerait les messages inutiles.
Paul would delete unnecessary messages.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | supprime | (that) I delete | |
| tu | supprimes | (that) you delete | |
| il / elle / on | supprime | (that) he / she / it deleteson: (that) we delete / one deletes | |
| nous | supprimions | (that) we delete | |
| vous | supprimiez | (that) you delete | |
| ils / elles | suppriment | (that) they delete |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul supprime les messages inutiles.
It is possible that Paul deletes unnecessary messages.
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 delete
- to suppress
- to remove, to take out
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