absoudre — French conjugation
to absolve
Indicative
Present (Présent) Irregular
Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.
Elle parle arabe et français.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | absous | I absolve |
| tu | absous | you absolve |
| il/elle | absout | he/she/it absolves |
| nous | absolvons | we absolve |
| vous | absolvez | you (pl.) absolve |
| ils/elles | absolvent | they absolve |
Imperfect (Imparfait) Irregular
The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.
Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | absolvais |
| tu | absolvais |
| il/elle | absolvait |
| nous | absolvions |
| vous | absolviez |
| ils/elles | absolvaient |
Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular
The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.
Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | absoudrais | I would absolve |
| tu | absoudrais | you would absolve |
| il/elle | absoudrait | he/she/it would absolve |
| nous | absoudrions | we would absolve |
| vous | absoudriez | you (pl.) would absolve |
| ils/elles | absoudraient | they would absolve |
Future (Futur) Regular
The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.
Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | absoudrai | I will absolve |
| tu | absoudras | you will absolve |
| il/elle | absoudra | he/she/it will absolve |
| nous | absoudrons | we will absolve |
| vous | absoudrez | you (pl.) will absolve |
| ils/elles | absoudront | they will absolve |
Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular
The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.
Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'ai absous | I have absolved |
| tu | tu as absous | you have absolved |
| il/elle | il/elle a absous | he/she/it has absolved |
| nous | nous avons absous | we have absolved |
| vous | vous avez absous | you (pl.) have absolved |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont absous | they have absolved |
Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular
The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.
Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'avais absous | I had absolved |
| tu | tu avais absous | you had absolved |
| il/elle | il/elle avait absous | he/she/it had absolved |
| nous | nous avions absous | we had absolved |
| vous | vous aviez absous | you (pl.) had absolved |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient absous | they had absolved |
Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular
The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).
J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | j'aurais absous |
| tu | tu aurais absous |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait absous |
| nous | nous aurions absous |
| vous | vous auriez absous |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient absous |
Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular
The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.
D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'aurai absous | I will have absolved |
| tu | tu auras absous | you will have absolved |
| il/elle | il/elle aura absous | he/she/it will have absolved |
| nous | nous aurons absous | we will have absolved |
| vous | vous aurez absous | you (pl.) will have absolved |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront absous | they will have absolved |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Irregular
The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…
Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | absolve |
| tu | absolves |
| il/elle | absolve |
| nous | absolvions |
| vous | absolviez |
| ils/elles | absolvent |
Other forms
Imperative (Impératif) Regular
The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.
Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| tu | absous |
| nous | absolvons |
| vous | absolvez |