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 unite.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | unis | I unite | |
| tu | unis | you unite | |
| il / elle / on | unit | he / she / it uniteson: we unite / one unites | |
| nous | unissons | we unite | |
| vous | unissez | you unite | |
| ils / elles | unissent | they unite |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce projet unit les habitants du quartier.
This project unites the neighborhood residents.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai uni | I united | |
| tu | as uni | you united | |
| il / elle / on | a uni | he / she / it unitedon: we united / one united | |
| nous | avons uni | we united | |
| vous | avez uni | you united | |
| ils / elles | ont uni | they united |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce projet a uni les habitants du quartier.
Yesterday, this project united the neighborhood residents.
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’ | unissais | I used to unite | |
| tu | unissais | you used to unite | |
| il / elle / on | unissait | he / she / it used to uniteon: we used to unite / one used to unite | |
| nous | unissions | we used to unite | |
| vous | unissiez | you used to unite | |
| ils / elles | unissaient | they used to unite |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce projet unissait les habitants du quartier.
Back then, this project used to unite the neighborhood residents.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | unirai | I will unite | |
| tu | uniras | you will unite | |
| il / elle / on | unira | he / she / it will uniteon: we will unite / one will unite | |
| nous | unirons | we will unite | |
| vous | unirez | you will unite | |
| ils / elles | uniront | they will unite |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce projet unira les habitants du quartier.
Later, this project will unite the neighborhood residents.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | unirais | I would unite | |
| tu | unirais | you would unite | |
| il / elle / on | unirait | he / she / it would uniteon: we would unite / one would unite | |
| nous | unirions | we would unite | |
| vous | uniriez | you would unite | |
| ils / elles | uniraient | they would unite |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce projet unirait les habitants du quartier.
This project would unite the neighborhood residents.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | unisse | (that) I unite | |
| tu | unisses | (that) you unite | |
| il / elle / on | unisse | (that) he / she / it uniteson: (that) we unite / one unites | |
| nous | unissions | (that) we unite | |
| vous | unissiez | (that) you unite | |
| ils / elles | unissent | (that) they unite |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce projet unisse les habitants du quartier.
It is possible that this project unites the neighborhood residents.
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 unite, join
- to combine
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