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 download.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | télécharge | I download | |
| tu | télécharges | you download | |
| il / elle / on | télécharge | he / she / it downloadson: we download / one downloads | |
| nous | téléchargeons | we download | |
| vous | téléchargez | you download | |
| ils / elles | téléchargent | they download |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul télécharge le document sur son ordinateur.
Paul downloads the document onto his computer.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai téléchargé | I downloaded | |
| tu | as téléchargé | you downloaded | |
| il / elle / on | a téléchargé | he / she / it downloadedon: we downloaded / one downloaded | |
| nous | avons téléchargé | we downloaded | |
| vous | avez téléchargé | you downloaded | |
| ils / elles | ont téléchargé | they downloaded |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a téléchargé le document sur son ordinateur.
Yesterday, Paul downloaded the document onto his computer.
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’ | téléchargeais | I used to download | |
| tu | téléchargeais | you used to download | |
| il / elle / on | téléchargeait | he / she / it used to downloadon: we used to download / one used to download | |
| nous | téléchargions | we used to download | |
| vous | téléchargiez | you used to download | |
| ils / elles | téléchargeaient | they used to download |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul téléchargeait le document sur son ordinateur.
Back then, Paul used to download the document onto his computer.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | téléchargerai | I will download | |
| tu | téléchargeras | you will download | |
| il / elle / on | téléchargera | he / she / it will downloadon: we will download / one will download | |
| nous | téléchargerons | we will download | |
| vous | téléchargerez | you will download | |
| ils / elles | téléchargeront | they will download |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul téléchargera le document sur son ordinateur.
Later, Paul will download the document onto his computer.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | téléchargerais | I would download | |
| tu | téléchargerais | you would download | |
| il / elle / on | téléchargerait | he / she / it would downloadon: we would download / one would download | |
| nous | téléchargerions | we would download | |
| vous | téléchargeriez | you would download | |
| ils / elles | téléchargeraient | they would download |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul téléchargerait le document sur son ordinateur.
Paul would download the document onto his computer.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | télécharge | (that) I download | |
| tu | télécharges | (that) you download | |
| il / elle / on | télécharge | (that) he / she / it downloadson: (that) we download / one downloads | |
| nous | téléchargions | (that) we download | |
| vous | téléchargiez | (that) you download | |
| ils / elles | téléchargent | (that) they download |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul télécharge le document sur son ordinateur.
It is possible that Paul downloads the document onto his computer.
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 download (to transfer data from an outside source to one's own disk or data storage)
- to upload (to transfer data to from one's own source to a second location)
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