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 vibrate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vibre | I vibrate | |
| tu | vibres | you vibrate | |
| il / elle / on | vibre | he / she / it vibrateson: we vibrate / one vibrates | |
| nous | vibrons | we vibrate | |
| vous | vibrez | you vibrate | |
| ils / elles | vibrent | they vibrate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le téléphone vibre sur la table.
The phone vibrates on the table.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai vibré | I vibrated | |
| tu | as vibré | you vibrated | |
| il / elle / on | a vibré | he / she / it vibratedon: we vibrated / one vibrated | |
| nous | avons vibré | we vibrated | |
| vous | avez vibré | you vibrated | |
| ils / elles | ont vibré | they vibrated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le téléphone a vibré sur la table.
Yesterday, the phone vibrated on the table.
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’ | vibrais | I used to vibrate | |
| tu | vibrais | you used to vibrate | |
| il / elle / on | vibrait | he / she / it used to vibrateon: we used to vibrate / one used to vibrate | |
| nous | vibrions | we used to vibrate | |
| vous | vibriez | you used to vibrate | |
| ils / elles | vibraient | they used to vibrate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le téléphone vibrait sur la table.
Back then, the phone used to vibrate on the table.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vibrerai | I will vibrate | |
| tu | vibreras | you will vibrate | |
| il / elle / on | vibrera | he / she / it will vibrateon: we will vibrate / one will vibrate | |
| nous | vibrerons | we will vibrate | |
| vous | vibrerez | you will vibrate | |
| ils / elles | vibreront | they will vibrate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le téléphone vibrera sur la table.
Later, the phone will vibrate on the table.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vibrerais | I would vibrate | |
| tu | vibrerais | you would vibrate | |
| il / elle / on | vibrerait | he / she / it would vibrateon: we would vibrate / one would vibrate | |
| nous | vibrerions | we would vibrate | |
| vous | vibreriez | you would vibrate | |
| ils / elles | vibreraient | they would vibrate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le téléphone vibrerait sur la table.
The phone would vibrate on the table.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vibre | (that) I vibrate | |
| tu | vibres | (that) you vibrate | |
| il / elle / on | vibre | (that) he / she / it vibrateson: (that) we vibrate / one vibrates | |
| nous | vibrions | (that) we vibrate | |
| vous | vibriez | (that) you vibrate | |
| ils / elles | vibrent | (that) they vibrate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le téléphone vibre sur la table.
It is possible that the phone vibrates on the table.
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 vibrate
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