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 vomit.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vomis | I vomit | |
| tu | vomis | you vomit | |
| il / elle / on | vomit | he / she / it vomitson: we vomit / one vomits | |
| nous | vomissons | we vomit | |
| vous | vomissez | you vomit | |
| ils / elles | vomissent | they vomit |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le passager vomit pendant la traversée.
The passenger vomits during the crossing.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai vomi | I vomited | |
| tu | as vomi | you vomited | |
| il / elle / on | a vomi | he / she / it vomitedon: we vomited / one vomited | |
| nous | avons vomi | we vomited | |
| vous | avez vomi | you vomited | |
| ils / elles | ont vomi | they vomited |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le passager a vomi pendant la traversée.
Yesterday, the passenger vomited during the crossing.
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’ | vomissais | I used to vomit | |
| tu | vomissais | you used to vomit | |
| il / elle / on | vomissait | he / she / it used to vomiton: we used to vomit / one used to vomit | |
| nous | vomissions | we used to vomit | |
| vous | vomissiez | you used to vomit | |
| ils / elles | vomissaient | they used to vomit |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le passager vomissait pendant la traversée.
Back then, the passenger used to vomit during the crossing.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vomirai | I will vomit | |
| tu | vomiras | you will vomit | |
| il / elle / on | vomira | he / she / it will vomiton: we will vomit / one will vomit | |
| nous | vomirons | we will vomit | |
| vous | vomirez | you will vomit | |
| ils / elles | vomiront | they will vomit |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le passager vomira pendant la traversée.
Later, the passenger will vomit during the crossing.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vomirais | I would vomit | |
| tu | vomirais | you would vomit | |
| il / elle / on | vomirait | he / she / it would vomiton: we would vomit / one would vomit | |
| nous | vomirions | we would vomit | |
| vous | vomiriez | you would vomit | |
| ils / elles | vomiraient | they would vomit |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le passager vomirait pendant la traversée.
The passenger would vomit during the crossing.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vomisse | (that) I vomit | |
| tu | vomisses | (that) you vomit | |
| il / elle / on | vomisse | (that) he / she / it vomitson: (that) we vomit / one vomits | |
| nous | vomissions | (that) we vomit | |
| vous | vomissiez | (that) you vomit | |
| ils / elles | vomissent | (that) they vomit |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le passager vomisse pendant la traversée.
It is possible that the passenger vomits during the crossing.
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 vomit
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