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 travel.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | voyage | I travel | |
| tu | voyages | you travel | |
| il / elle / on | voyage | he / she / it travelson: we travel / one travels | |
| nous | voyageons | we travel | |
| vous | voyagez | you travel | |
| ils / elles | voyagent | they travel |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul voyage en train à travers la France.
Paul travels by train across France.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai voyagé | I traveled | |
| tu | as voyagé | you traveled | |
| il / elle / on | a voyagé | he / she / it traveledon: we traveled / one traveled | |
| nous | avons voyagé | we traveled | |
| vous | avez voyagé | you traveled | |
| ils / elles | ont voyagé | they traveled |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a voyagé en train à travers la France.
Yesterday, Paul traveled by train across France.
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’ | voyageais | I used to travel | |
| tu | voyageais | you used to travel | |
| il / elle / on | voyageait | he / she / it used to travelon: we used to travel / one used to travel | |
| nous | voyagions | we used to travel | |
| vous | voyagiez | you used to travel | |
| ils / elles | voyageaient | they used to travel |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul voyageait en train à travers la France.
Back then, Paul used to travel by train across France.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | voyagerai | I will travel | |
| tu | voyageras | you will travel | |
| il / elle / on | voyagera | he / she / it will travelon: we will travel / one will travel | |
| nous | voyagerons | we will travel | |
| vous | voyagerez | you will travel | |
| ils / elles | voyageront | they will travel |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul voyagera en train à travers la France.
Later, Paul will travel by train across France.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | voyagerais | I would travel | |
| tu | voyagerais | you would travel | |
| il / elle / on | voyagerait | he / she / it would travelon: we would travel / one would travel | |
| nous | voyagerions | we would travel | |
| vous | voyageriez | you would travel | |
| ils / elles | voyageraient | they would travel |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul voyagerait en train à travers la France.
Paul would travel by train across France.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | voyage | (that) I travel | |
| tu | voyages | (that) you travel | |
| il / elle / on | voyage | (that) he / she / it travelson: (that) we travel / one travels | |
| nous | voyagions | (that) we travel | |
| vous | voyagiez | (that) you travel | |
| ils / elles | voyagent | (that) they travel |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul voyage en train à travers la France.
It is possible that Paul travels by train across France.
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 travel, to voyage
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