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 avenge.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | venge | I avenge | |
| tu | venges | you avenge | |
| il / elle / on | venge | he / she / it avengeson: we avenge / one avenges | |
| nous | vengeons | we avenge | |
| vous | vengez | you avenge | |
| ils / elles | vengent | they avenge |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le héros venge la mort de son ami dans le roman.
The hero avenges his friend's death in the novel.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai vengé | I avenged | |
| tu | as vengé | you avenged | |
| il / elle / on | a vengé | he / she / it avengedon: we avenged / one avenged | |
| nous | avons vengé | we avenged | |
| vous | avez vengé | you avenged | |
| ils / elles | ont vengé | they avenged |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le héros a vengé la mort de son ami dans le roman.
Yesterday, the hero avenged his friend's death in the novel.
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’ | vengeais | I used to avenge | |
| tu | vengeais | you used to avenge | |
| il / elle / on | vengeait | he / she / it used to avengeon: we used to avenge / one used to avenge | |
| nous | vengions | we used to avenge | |
| vous | vengiez | you used to avenge | |
| ils / elles | vengeaient | they used to avenge |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le héros vengeait la mort de son ami dans le roman.
Back then, the hero used to avenge his friend's death in the novel.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vengerai | I will avenge | |
| tu | vengeras | you will avenge | |
| il / elle / on | vengera | he / she / it will avengeon: we will avenge / one will avenge | |
| nous | vengerons | we will avenge | |
| vous | vengerez | you will avenge | |
| ils / elles | vengeront | they will avenge |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le héros vengera la mort de son ami dans le roman.
Later, the hero will avenge his friend's death in the novel.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vengerais | I would avenge | |
| tu | vengerais | you would avenge | |
| il / elle / on | vengerait | he / she / it would avengeon: we would avenge / one would avenge | |
| nous | vengerions | we would avenge | |
| vous | vengeriez | you would avenge | |
| ils / elles | vengeraient | they would avenge |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le héros vengerait la mort de son ami dans le roman.
The hero would avenge his friend's death in the novel.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | venge | (that) I avenge | |
| tu | venges | (that) you avenge | |
| il / elle / on | venge | (that) he / she / it avengeson: (that) we avenge / one avenges | |
| nous | vengions | (that) we avenge | |
| vous | vengiez | (that) you avenge | |
| ils / elles | vengent | (that) they avenge |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le héros venge la mort de son ami dans le roman.
It is possible that the hero avenges his friend's death in the novel.
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 avenge, to take revenge (upon)
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