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 vote.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vote | I vote | |
| tu | votes | you vote | |
| il / elle / on | vote | he / she / it voteson: we vote / one votes | |
| nous | votons | we vote | |
| vous | votez | you vote | |
| ils / elles | votent | they vote |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul vote pour ce projet.
Paul votes for this project.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai voté | I voted | |
| tu | as voté | you voted | |
| il / elle / on | a voté | he / she / it votedon: we voted / one voted | |
| nous | avons voté | we voted | |
| vous | avez voté | you voted | |
| ils / elles | ont voté | they voted |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a voté pour ce projet.
Yesterday, Paul voted for this project.
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’ | votais | I used to vote | |
| tu | votais | you used to vote | |
| il / elle / on | votait | he / she / it used to voteon: we used to vote / one used to vote | |
| nous | votions | we used to vote | |
| vous | votiez | you used to vote | |
| ils / elles | votaient | they used to vote |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul votait pour ce projet.
Back then, Paul used to vote for this project.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | voterai | I will vote | |
| tu | voteras | you will vote | |
| il / elle / on | votera | he / she / it will voteon: we will vote / one will vote | |
| nous | voterons | we will vote | |
| vous | voterez | you will vote | |
| ils / elles | voteront | they will vote |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul votera pour ce projet.
Later, Paul will vote for this project.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | voterais | I would vote | |
| tu | voterais | you would vote | |
| il / elle / on | voterait | he / she / it would voteon: we would vote / one would vote | |
| nous | voterions | we would vote | |
| vous | voteriez | you would vote | |
| ils / elles | voteraient | they would vote |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul voterait pour ce projet.
Paul would vote for this project.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | vote | (that) I vote | |
| tu | votes | (that) you vote | |
| il / elle / on | vote | (that) he / she / it voteson: (that) we vote / one votes | |
| nous | votions | (that) we vote | |
| vous | votiez | (that) you vote | |
| ils / elles | votent | (that) they vote |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul vote pour ce projet.
It is possible that Paul votes for this project.
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 vote
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