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 visit.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | visite | I visit | |
| tu | visites | you visit | |
| il / elle / on | visite | he / she / it visitson: we visit / one visits | |
| nous | visitons | we visit | |
| vous | visitez | you visit | |
| ils / elles | visitent | they visit |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul visite le musée du village.
Paul visits the village museum.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai visité | I visited | |
| tu | as visité | you visited | |
| il / elle / on | a visité | he / she / it visitedon: we visited / one visited | |
| nous | avons visité | we visited | |
| vous | avez visité | you visited | |
| ils / elles | ont visité | they visited |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a visité le musée du village.
Yesterday, Paul visited the village museum.
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’ | visitais | I used to visit | |
| tu | visitais | you used to visit | |
| il / elle / on | visitait | he / she / it used to visiton: we used to visit / one used to visit | |
| nous | visitions | we used to visit | |
| vous | visitiez | you used to visit | |
| ils / elles | visitaient | they used to visit |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul visitait le musée du village.
Back then, Paul used to visit the village museum.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | visiterai | I will visit | |
| tu | visiteras | you will visit | |
| il / elle / on | visitera | he / she / it will visiton: we will visit / one will visit | |
| nous | visiterons | we will visit | |
| vous | visiterez | you will visit | |
| ils / elles | visiteront | they will visit |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul visitera le musée du village.
Later, Paul will visit the village museum.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | visiterais | I would visit | |
| tu | visiterais | you would visit | |
| il / elle / on | visiterait | he / she / it would visiton: we would visit / one would visit | |
| nous | visiterions | we would visit | |
| vous | visiteriez | you would visit | |
| ils / elles | visiteraient | they would visit |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul visiterait le musée du village.
Paul would visit the village museum.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | visite | (that) I visit | |
| tu | visites | (that) you visit | |
| il / elle / on | visite | (that) he / she / it visitson: (that) we visit / one visits | |
| nous | visitions | (that) we visit | |
| vous | visitiez | (that) you visit | |
| ils / elles | visitent | (that) they visit |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul visite le musée du village.
It is possible that Paul visits the village museum.
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 visit (a place)
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