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 tweet.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | twitte | I tweet | |
| tu | twittes | you tweet | |
| il / elle / on | twitte | he / she / it tweetson: we tweet / one tweets | |
| nous | twittons | we tweet | |
| vous | twittez | you tweet | |
| ils / elles | twittent | they tweet |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul twitte une courte mise à jour.
Paul tweets a short update.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai twitté | I tweeted | |
| tu | as twitté | you tweeted | |
| il / elle / on | a twitté | he / she / it tweetedon: we tweeted / one tweeted | |
| nous | avons twitté | we tweeted | |
| vous | avez twitté | you tweeted | |
| ils / elles | ont twitté | they tweeted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a twitté une courte mise à jour.
Yesterday, Paul tweeted a short update.
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’ | twittais | I used to tweet | |
| tu | twittais | you used to tweet | |
| il / elle / on | twittait | he / she / it used to tweeton: we used to tweet / one used to tweet | |
| nous | twittions | we used to tweet | |
| vous | twittiez | you used to tweet | |
| ils / elles | twittaient | they used to tweet |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul twittait une courte mise à jour.
Back then, Paul used to tweet a short update.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | twitterai | I will tweet | |
| tu | twitteras | you will tweet | |
| il / elle / on | twittera | he / she / it will tweeton: we will tweet / one will tweet | |
| nous | twitterons | we will tweet | |
| vous | twitterez | you will tweet | |
| ils / elles | twitteront | they will tweet |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul twittera une courte mise à jour.
Later, Paul will tweet a short update.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | twitterais | I would tweet | |
| tu | twitterais | you would tweet | |
| il / elle / on | twitterait | he / she / it would tweeton: we would tweet / one would tweet | |
| nous | twitterions | we would tweet | |
| vous | twitteriez | you would tweet | |
| ils / elles | twitteraient | they would tweet |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul twitterait une courte mise à jour.
Paul would tweet a short update.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | twitte | (that) I tweet | |
| tu | twittes | (that) you tweet | |
| il / elle / on | twitte | (that) he / she / it tweetson: (that) we tweet / one tweets | |
| nous | twittions | (that) we tweet | |
| vous | twittiez | (that) you tweet | |
| ils / elles | twittent | (that) they tweet |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul twitte une courte mise à jour.
It is possible that Paul tweets a short update.
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 tweet (to post to Twitter)
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