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 pass on.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | transmets | I pass on | |
| tu | transmets | you pass on | |
| il / elle / on | transmet | he / she / it passes onon: we pass on / one passes on | |
| nous | transmettons | we pass on | |
| vous | transmettez | you pass on | |
| ils / elles | transmettent | they pass on |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul transmet le message à sa collègue.
Paul passes on the message to his colleague.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai transmis | I passed on | |
| tu | as transmis | you passed on | |
| il / elle / on | a transmis | he / she / it passed onon: we passed on / one passed on | |
| nous | avons transmis | we passed on | |
| vous | avez transmis | you passed on | |
| ils / elles | ont transmis | they passed on |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a transmis le message à sa collègue.
Yesterday, Paul passed on the message to his colleague.
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’ | transmettais | I used to pass on | |
| tu | transmettais | you used to pass on | |
| il / elle / on | transmettait | he / she / it used to pass onon: we used to pass on / one used to pass on | |
| nous | transmettions | we used to pass on | |
| vous | transmettiez | you used to pass on | |
| ils / elles | transmettaient | they used to pass on |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul transmettait le message à sa collègue.
Back then, Paul used to pass on the message to his colleague.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | transmettrai | I will pass on | |
| tu | transmettras | you will pass on | |
| il / elle / on | transmettra | he / she / it will pass onon: we will pass on / one will pass on | |
| nous | transmettrons | we will pass on | |
| vous | transmettrez | you will pass on | |
| ils / elles | transmettront | they will pass on |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul transmettra le message à sa collègue.
Later, Paul will pass on the message to his colleague.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | transmettrais | I would pass on | |
| tu | transmettrais | you would pass on | |
| il / elle / on | transmettrait | he / she / it would pass onon: we would pass on / one would pass on | |
| nous | transmettrions | we would pass on | |
| vous | transmettriez | you would pass on | |
| ils / elles | transmettraient | they would pass on |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul transmettrait le message à sa collègue.
Paul would pass on the message to his colleague.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | transmette | (that) I pass on | |
| tu | transmettes | (that) you pass on | |
| il / elle / on | transmette | (that) he / she / it passes onon: (that) we pass on / one passes on | |
| nous | transmettions | (that) we pass on | |
| vous | transmettiez | (that) you pass on | |
| ils / elles | transmettent | (that) they pass on |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul transmette le message à sa collègue.
It is possible that Paul passes on the message to his colleague.
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 transmit
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