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 transform.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | transforme | I transform | |
| tu | transformes | you transform | |
| il / elle / on | transforme | he / she / it transformson: we transform / one transforms | |
| nous | transformons | we transform | |
| vous | transformez | you transform | |
| ils / elles | transforment | they transform |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul transforme la pièce en bureau.
Paul transforms the room into an office.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai transformé | I transformed | |
| tu | as transformé | you transformed | |
| il / elle / on | a transformé | he / she / it transformedon: we transformed / one transformed | |
| nous | avons transformé | we transformed | |
| vous | avez transformé | you transformed | |
| ils / elles | ont transformé | they transformed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a transformé la pièce en bureau.
Yesterday, Paul transformed the room into an office.
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’ | transformais | I used to transform | |
| tu | transformais | you used to transform | |
| il / elle / on | transformait | he / she / it used to transformon: we used to transform / one used to transform | |
| nous | transformions | we used to transform | |
| vous | transformiez | you used to transform | |
| ils / elles | transformaient | they used to transform |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul transformait la pièce en bureau.
Back then, Paul used to transform the room into an office.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | transformerai | I will transform | |
| tu | transformeras | you will transform | |
| il / elle / on | transformera | he / she / it will transformon: we will transform / one will transform | |
| nous | transformerons | we will transform | |
| vous | transformerez | you will transform | |
| ils / elles | transformeront | they will transform |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul transformera la pièce en bureau.
Later, Paul will transform the room into an office.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | transformerais | I would transform | |
| tu | transformerais | you would transform | |
| il / elle / on | transformerait | he / she / it would transformon: we would transform / one would transform | |
| nous | transformerions | we would transform | |
| vous | transformeriez | you would transform | |
| ils / elles | transformeraient | they would transform |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul transformerait la pièce en bureau.
Paul would transform the room into an office.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | transforme | (that) I transform | |
| tu | transformes | (that) you transform | |
| il / elle / on | transforme | (that) he / she / it transformson: (that) we transform / one transforms | |
| nous | transformions | (that) we transform | |
| vous | transformiez | (that) you transform | |
| ils / elles | transforment | (that) they transform |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul transforme la pièce en bureau.
It is possible that Paul transforms the room into an office.
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 transform
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