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 validate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | valide | I validate | |
| tu | valides | you validate | |
| il / elle / on | valide | he / she / it validateson: we validate / one validates | |
| nous | validons | we validate | |
| vous | validez | you validate | |
| ils / elles | valident | they validate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul valide son billet avant de monter dans le train.
Paul validates his ticket before boarding the train.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai validé | I validated | |
| tu | as validé | you validated | |
| il / elle / on | a validé | he / she / it validatedon: we validated / one validated | |
| nous | avons validé | we validated | |
| vous | avez validé | you validated | |
| ils / elles | ont validé | they validated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a validé son billet avant de monter dans le train.
Yesterday, Paul validated his ticket before boarding the train.
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’ | validais | I used to validate | |
| tu | validais | you used to validate | |
| il / elle / on | validait | he / she / it used to validateon: we used to validate / one used to validate | |
| nous | validions | we used to validate | |
| vous | validiez | you used to validate | |
| ils / elles | validaient | they used to validate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul validait son billet avant de monter dans le train.
Back then, Paul used to validate his ticket before boarding the train.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | validerai | I will validate | |
| tu | valideras | you will validate | |
| il / elle / on | validera | he / she / it will validateon: we will validate / one will validate | |
| nous | validerons | we will validate | |
| vous | validerez | you will validate | |
| ils / elles | valideront | they will validate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul validera son billet avant de monter dans le train.
Later, Paul will validate his ticket before boarding the train.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | validerais | I would validate | |
| tu | validerais | you would validate | |
| il / elle / on | validerait | he / she / it would validateon: we would validate / one would validate | |
| nous | validerions | we would validate | |
| vous | valideriez | you would validate | |
| ils / elles | valideraient | they would validate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul validerait son billet avant de monter dans le train.
Paul would validate his ticket before boarding the train.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | valide | (that) I validate | |
| tu | valides | (that) you validate | |
| il / elle / on | valide | (that) he / she / it validateson: (that) we validate / one validates | |
| nous | validions | (that) we validate | |
| vous | validiez | (that) you validate | |
| ils / elles | valident | (that) they validate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul valide son billet avant de monter dans le train.
It is possible that Paul validates his ticket before boarding the train.
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 validate
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