admirer — French conjugation
to admire
Indicative
Present (Présent) Regular
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 | admire | I admire |
| tu | admires | you admire |
| il/elle | admire | he/she/it admires |
| nous | admirons | we admire |
| vous | admirez | you (pl.) admire |
| ils/elles | admirent | they admire |
Simple past (Passé simple) Regular
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | admirai | I admired |
| tu | admiras | you admired |
| il/elle | admira | he/she/it admired |
| nous | admirâmes | we admired |
| vous | admirâtes | you (pl.) admired |
| ils/elles | admirèrent | they admired |
Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular
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 | admirais |
| tu | admirais |
| il/elle | admirait |
| nous | admirions |
| vous | admiriez |
| ils/elles | admiraient |
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 | admirerais | I would admire |
| tu | admirerais | you would admire |
| il/elle | admirerait | he/she/it would admire |
| nous | admirerions | we would admire |
| vous | admireriez | you (pl.) would admire |
| ils/elles | admireraient | they would admire |
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 | admirerai | I will admire |
| tu | admireras | you will admire |
| il/elle | admirera | he/she/it will admire |
| nous | admirerons | we will admire |
| vous | admirerez | you (pl.) will admire |
| ils/elles | admireront | they will admire |
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 admiré | I have admired |
| tu | tu as admiré | you have admired |
| il/elle | il/elle a admiré | he/she/it has admired |
| nous | nous avons admiré | we have admired |
| vous | vous avez admiré | you (pl.) have admired |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont admiré | they have admired |
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 admiré | I had admired |
| tu | tu avais admiré | you had admired |
| il/elle | il/elle avait admiré | he/she/it had admired |
| nous | nous avions admiré | we had admired |
| vous | vous aviez admiré | you (pl.) had admired |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient admiré | they had admired |
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 admiré |
| tu | tu aurais admiré |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait admiré |
| nous | nous aurions admiré |
| vous | vous auriez admiré |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient admiré |
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 admiré | I will have admired |
| tu | tu auras admiré | you will have admired |
| il/elle | il/elle aura admiré | he/she/it will have admired |
| nous | nous aurons admiré | we will have admired |
| vous | vous aurez admiré | you (pl.) will have admired |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront admiré | they will have admired |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | admire |
| tu | admires |
| il/elle | admire |
| nous | admirions |
| vous | admiriez |
| ils/elles | admirent |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | admirasse |
| tu | admirasses |
| il/elle | admirât |
| nous | admirassions |
| vous | admirassiez |
| ils/elles | admirassent |
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 | admire |
| nous | admirons |
| vous | admirez |