adjoindre — French conjugation

to add

Frequency#143Irregular

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeadjoinsI add
tuadjoinsyou add
il/elleadjointhe/she/it adds
nousadjoignonswe add
vousadjoignezyou (pl.) add
ils/ellesadjoignentthey add

Simple past (Passé simple) Irregular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeadjoignisI added
tuadjoignisyou added
il/elleadjoignithe/she/it added
nousadjoignîmeswe added
vousadjoignîtesyou (pl.) added
ils/ellesadjoignirentthey added

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.

PronounFrench
jeadjoignais
tuadjoignais
il/elleadjoignait
nousadjoignions
vousadjoigniez
ils/ellesadjoignaient

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 ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeadjoindraisI would add
tuadjoindraisyou would add
il/elleadjoindraithe/she/it would add
nousadjoindrionswe would add
vousadjoindriezyou (pl.) would add
ils/ellesadjoindraientthey would add

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeadjoindraiI will add
tuadjoindrasyou will add
il/elleadjoindrahe/she/it will add
nousadjoindronswe will add
vousadjoindrezyou (pl.) will add
ils/ellesadjoindrontthey will add

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai adjointI have added
tutu as adjointyou have added
il/elleil/elle a adjointhe/she/it has added
nousnous avons adjointwe have added
vousvous avez adjointyou (pl.) have added
ils/ellesils/elles ont adjointthey have added

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais adjointI had added
tutu avais adjointyou had added
il/elleil/elle avait adjointhe/she/it had added
nousnous avions adjointwe had added
vousvous aviez adjointyou (pl.) had added
ils/ellesils/elles avaient adjointthey had added

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.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais adjoint
tutu aurais adjoint
il/elleil/elle aurait adjoint
nousnous aurions adjoint
vousvous auriez adjoint
ils/ellesils/elles auraient adjoint

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai adjointI will have added
tutu auras adjointyou will have added
il/elleil/elle aura adjointhe/she/it will have added
nousnous aurons adjointwe will have added
vousvous aurez adjointyou (pl.) will have added
ils/ellesils/elles auront adjointthey will have added

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.

PronounFrench
jeadjoigne
tuadjoignes
il/elleadjoigne
nousadjoignions
vousadjoigniez
ils/ellesadjoignent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jeadjoignisse
tuadjoignisses
il/elleadjoignît
nousadjoignissions
vousadjoignissiez
ils/ellesadjoignissent

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 !

PronounFrench
tuadjoins
nousadjoignons
vousadjoignez