agréer — French conjugation

to agree

Frequency#400Regular

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeagréeI agree
tuagréesyou agree
il/elleagréehe/she/it agrees
nousagréonswe agree
vousagréezyou (pl.) agree
ils/ellesagréentthey agree

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeagréaiI agreed
tuagréasyou agreed
il/elleagréahe/she/it agreed
nousagréâmeswe agreed
vousagréâtesyou (pl.) agreed
ils/ellesagréèrentthey agreed

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.

PronounFrench
jeagréais
tuagréais
il/elleagréait
nousagréions
vousagréiez
ils/ellesagréaient

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
jeagréeraisI would agree
tuagréeraisyou would agree
il/elleagréeraithe/she/it would agree
nousagréerionswe would agree
vousagréeriezyou (pl.) would agree
ils/ellesagréeraientthey would agree

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
jeagréeraiI will agree
tuagréerasyou will agree
il/elleagréerahe/she/it will agree
nousagréeronswe will agree
vousagréerezyou (pl.) will agree
ils/ellesagréerontthey will agree

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 agrééI have agreed
tutu as agrééyou have agreed
il/elleil/elle a agrééhe/she/it has agreed
nousnous avons agrééwe have agreed
vousvous avez agrééyou (pl.) have agreed
ils/ellesils/elles ont agrééthey have agreed

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 agrééI had agreed
tutu avais agrééyou had agreed
il/elleil/elle avait agrééhe/she/it had agreed
nousnous avions agrééwe had agreed
vousvous aviez agrééyou (pl.) had agreed
ils/ellesils/elles avaient agrééthey had agreed

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

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 agrééI will have agreed
tutu auras agrééyou will have agreed
il/elleil/elle aura agrééhe/she/it will have agreed
nousnous aurons agrééwe will have agreed
vousvous aurez agrééyou (pl.) will have agreed
ils/ellesils/elles auront agrééthey will have agreed

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
jeagrée
tuagrées
il/elleagrée
nousagréions
vousagréiez
ils/ellesagréent

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
jeagréasse
tuagréasses
il/elleagréât
nousagréassions
vousagréassiez
ils/ellesagréassent

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
tuagrée
nousagréons
vousagréez