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 tolerate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | tolère | I tolerate | |
| tu | tolères | you tolerate | |
| il / elle / on | tolère | he / she / it tolerateson: we tolerate / one tolerates | |
| nous | tolérons | we tolerate | |
| vous | tolérez | you tolerate | |
| ils / elles | tolèrent | they tolerate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul tolère le bruit du chantier.
Paul tolerates the noise from the construction site.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai toléré | I tolerated | |
| tu | as toléré | you tolerated | |
| il / elle / on | a toléré | he / she / it toleratedon: we tolerated / one tolerated | |
| nous | avons toléré | we tolerated | |
| vous | avez toléré | you tolerated | |
| ils / elles | ont toléré | they tolerated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a toléré le bruit du chantier.
Yesterday, Paul tolerated the noise from the construction site.
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’ | tolérais | I used to tolerate | |
| tu | tolérais | you used to tolerate | |
| il / elle / on | tolérait | he / she / it used to tolerateon: we used to tolerate / one used to tolerate | |
| nous | tolérions | we used to tolerate | |
| vous | tolériez | you used to tolerate | |
| ils / elles | toléraient | they used to tolerate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul tolérait le bruit du chantier.
Back then, Paul used to tolerate the noise from the construction site.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | tolèrerai / tolérerai | I will tolerate | |
| tu | tolèreras / toléreras | you will tolerate | |
| il / elle / on | tolèrera / tolérera | he / she / it will tolerateon: we will tolerate / one will tolerate | |
| nous | tolèrerons / tolérerons | we will tolerate | |
| vous | tolèrerez / tolérerez | you will tolerate | |
| ils / elles | tolèreront / toléreront | they will tolerate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul tolèrera le bruit du chantier.
Later, Paul will tolerate the noise from the construction site.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | tolèrerais / tolérerais | I would tolerate | |
| tu | tolèrerais / tolérerais | you would tolerate | |
| il / elle / on | tolèrerait / tolérerait | he / she / it would tolerateon: we would tolerate / one would tolerate | |
| nous | tolèrerions / tolérerions | we would tolerate | |
| vous | tolèreriez / toléreriez | you would tolerate | |
| ils / elles | tolèreraient / toléreraient | they would tolerate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul tolèrerait le bruit du chantier.
Paul would tolerate the noise from the construction site.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | tolère | (that) I tolerate | |
| tu | tolères | (that) you tolerate | |
| il / elle / on | tolère | (that) he / she / it tolerateson: (that) we tolerate / one tolerates | |
| nous | tolérions | (that) we tolerate | |
| vous | tolériez | (that) you tolerate | |
| ils / elles | tolèrent | (that) they tolerate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul tolère le bruit du chantier.
It is possible that Paul tolerates the noise from the construction site.
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 tolerate
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