adjuger — French conjugation

to award

Frequency#515Irregular

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
jeadjugeI award
tuadjugesyou award
il/elleadjugehe/she/it awards
nousadjugeonswe award
vousadjugezyou (pl.) award
ils/ellesadjugentthey award

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
jeadjugeaiI awarded
tuadjugeasyou awarded
il/elleadjugeahe/she/it awarded
nousadjugeâmeswe awarded
vousadjugeâtesyou (pl.) awarded
ils/ellesadjugèrentthey awarded

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
jeadjugeais
tuadjugeais
il/elleadjugeait
nousadjugions
vousadjugiez
ils/ellesadjugeaient

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
jeadjugeraisI would award
tuadjugeraisyou would award
il/elleadjugeraithe/she/it would award
nousadjugerionswe would award
vousadjugeriezyou (pl.) would award
ils/ellesadjugeraientthey would award

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
jeadjugeraiI will award
tuadjugerasyou will award
il/elleadjugerahe/she/it will award
nousadjugeronswe will award
vousadjugerezyou (pl.) will award
ils/ellesadjugerontthey will award

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 adjugéI have awarded
tutu as adjugéyou have awarded
il/elleil/elle a adjugéhe/she/it has awarded
nousnous avons adjugéwe have awarded
vousvous avez adjugéyou (pl.) have awarded
ils/ellesils/elles ont adjugéthey have awarded

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 adjugéI had awarded
tutu avais adjugéyou had awarded
il/elleil/elle avait adjugéhe/she/it had awarded
nousnous avions adjugéwe had awarded
vousvous aviez adjugéyou (pl.) had awarded
ils/ellesils/elles avaient adjugéthey had awarded

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 adjugé
tutu aurais adjugé
il/elleil/elle aurait adjugé
nousnous aurions adjugé
vousvous auriez adjugé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient adjugé

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 adjugéI will have awarded
tutu auras adjugéyou will have awarded
il/elleil/elle aura adjugéhe/she/it will have awarded
nousnous aurons adjugéwe will have awarded
vousvous aurez adjugéyou (pl.) will have awarded
ils/ellesils/elles auront adjugéthey will have awarded

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

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
jeadjuge
tuadjuges
il/elleadjuge
nousadjugions
vousadjugiez
ils/ellesadjugent

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
jeadjugeasse
tuadjugeasses
il/elleadjugeât
nousadjugeassions
vousadjugeassiez
ils/ellesadjugeassent

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
tuadjuge
nousadjugeons
vousadjugez