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 violate.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | viole | I violate | |
| tu | violes | you violate | |
| il / elle / on | viole | he / she / it violateson: we violate / one violates | |
| nous | violons | we violate | |
| vous | violez | you violate | |
| ils / elles | violent | they violate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Ce projet viole les règles de sécurité.
This project violates the safety rules.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai violé | I violated | |
| tu | as violé | you violated | |
| il / elle / on | a violé | he / she / it violatedon: we violated / one violated | |
| nous | avons violé | we violated | |
| vous | avez violé | you violated | |
| ils / elles | ont violé | they violated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, ce projet a violé les règles de sécurité.
Yesterday, this project violated the safety rules.
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’ | violais | I used to violate | |
| tu | violais | you used to violate | |
| il / elle / on | violait | he / she / it used to violateon: we used to violate / one used to violate | |
| nous | violions | we used to violate | |
| vous | violiez | you used to violate | |
| ils / elles | violaient | they used to violate |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, ce projet violait les règles de sécurité.
Back then, this project used to violate the safety rules.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | violerai | I will violate | |
| tu | violeras | you will violate | |
| il / elle / on | violera | he / she / it will violateon: we will violate / one will violate | |
| nous | violerons | we will violate | |
| vous | violerez | you will violate | |
| ils / elles | violeront | they will violate |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, ce projet violera les règles de sécurité.
Later, this project will violate the safety rules.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | violerais | I would violate | |
| tu | violerais | you would violate | |
| il / elle / on | violerait | he / she / it would violateon: we would violate / one would violate | |
| nous | violerions | we would violate | |
| vous | violeriez | you would violate | |
| ils / elles | violeraient | they would violate |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Ce projet violerait les règles de sécurité.
This project would violate the safety rules.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | viole | (that) I violate | |
| tu | violes | (that) you violate | |
| il / elle / on | viole | (that) he / she / it violateson: (that) we violate / one violates | |
| nous | violions | (that) we violate | |
| vous | violiez | (that) you violate | |
| ils / elles | violent | (that) they violate |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que ce projet viole les règles de sécurité.
It is possible that this project violates the safety rules.
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 violate
- to rape, to have sex with an unwilling partner
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