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 hang.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | suspends | I hang | |
| tu | suspends | you hang | |
| il / elle / on | suspend | he / she / it hangson: we hang / one hangs | |
| nous | suspendons | we hang | |
| vous | suspendez | you hang | |
| ils / elles | suspendent | they hang |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul suspend une lampe au plafond.
Paul hangs a lamp from the ceiling.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai suspendu | I hung | |
| tu | as suspendu | you hung | |
| il / elle / on | a suspendu | he / she / it hungon: we hung / one hung | |
| nous | avons suspendu | we hung | |
| vous | avez suspendu | you hung | |
| ils / elles | ont suspendu | they hung |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a suspendu une lampe au plafond.
Yesterday, Paul hung a lamp from the ceiling.
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’ | suspendais | I used to hang | |
| tu | suspendais | you used to hang | |
| il / elle / on | suspendait | he / she / it used to hangon: we used to hang / one used to hang | |
| nous | suspendions | we used to hang | |
| vous | suspendiez | you used to hang | |
| ils / elles | suspendaient | they used to hang |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul suspendait une lampe au plafond.
Back then, Paul used to hang a lamp from the ceiling.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | suspendrai | I will hang | |
| tu | suspendras | you will hang | |
| il / elle / on | suspendra | he / she / it will hangon: we will hang / one will hang | |
| nous | suspendrons | we will hang | |
| vous | suspendrez | you will hang | |
| ils / elles | suspendront | they will hang |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul suspendra une lampe au plafond.
Later, Paul will hang a lamp from the ceiling.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | suspendrais | I would hang | |
| tu | suspendrais | you would hang | |
| il / elle / on | suspendrait | he / she / it would hangon: we would hang / one would hang | |
| nous | suspendrions | we would hang | |
| vous | suspendriez | you would hang | |
| ils / elles | suspendraient | they would hang |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul suspendrait une lampe au plafond.
Paul would hang a lamp from the ceiling.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | suspende | (that) I hang | |
| tu | suspendes | (that) you hang | |
| il / elle / on | suspende | (that) he / she / it hangson: (that) we hang / one hangs | |
| nous | suspendions | (that) we hang | |
| vous | suspendiez | (that) you hang | |
| ils / elles | suspendent | (that) they hang |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul suspende une lampe au plafond.
It is possible that Paul hangs a lamp from the ceiling.
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 suspend (hang freely)
- to suspend (temporarily cancel or expel)
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