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 kill.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | tue | I kill | |
| tu | tues | you kill | |
| il / elle / on | tue | he / she / it killson: we kill / one kills | |
| nous | tuons | we kill | |
| vous | tuez | you kill | |
| ils / elles | tuent | they kill |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce produit tue les mauvaises herbes.
This product kills weeds.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai tué | I killed | |
| tu | as tué | you killed | |
| il / elle / on | a tué | he / she / it killedon: we killed / one killed | |
| nous | avons tué | we killed | |
| vous | avez tué | you killed | |
| ils / elles | ont tué | they killed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce produit a tué les mauvaises herbes.
Yesterday, this product killed weeds.
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’ | tuais | I used to kill | |
| tu | tuais | you used to kill | |
| il / elle / on | tuait | he / she / it used to killon: we used to kill / one used to kill | |
| nous | tuions | we used to kill | |
| vous | tuiez | you used to kill | |
| ils / elles | tuaient | they used to kill |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce produit tuait les mauvaises herbes.
Back then, this product used to kill weeds.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | tuerai | I will kill | |
| tu | tueras | you will kill | |
| il / elle / on | tuera | he / she / it will killon: we will kill / one will kill | |
| nous | tuerons | we will kill | |
| vous | tuerez | you will kill | |
| ils / elles | tueront | they will kill |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce produit tuera les mauvaises herbes.
Later, this product will kill weeds.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | tuerais | I would kill | |
| tu | tuerais | you would kill | |
| il / elle / on | tuerait | he / she / it would killon: we would kill / one would kill | |
| nous | tuerions | we would kill | |
| vous | tueriez | you would kill | |
| ils / elles | tueraient | they would kill |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce produit tuerait les mauvaises herbes.
This product would kill weeds.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | tue | (that) I kill | |
| tu | tues | (that) you kill | |
| il / elle / on | tue | (that) he / she / it killson: (that) we kill / one kills | |
| nous | tuions | (that) we kill | |
| vous | tuiez | (that) you kill | |
| ils / elles | tuent | (that) they kill |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce produit tue les mauvaises herbes.
It is possible that this product kills weeds.
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 kill
- to rock, to be awesome
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