aliéner — French conjugation

alienate

Frequency#496Irregular

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.

PronounFrench
jealiène
tualiènes
il/ellealiène
nousaliénons
vousaliénez
ils/ellesaliènent

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.

PronounFrench
jealiénai
tualiénas
il/ellealiéna
nousaliénâmes
vousaliénâtes
ils/ellesaliénèrent

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
jealiénais
tualiénais
il/ellealiénait
nousaliénions
vousaliéniez
ils/ellesaliénaient

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 ?

PronounFrench
jealiénerais
tualiénerais
il/ellealiénerait
nousaliénerions
vousaliéneriez
ils/ellesaliéneraient

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.

PronounFrench
jealiénerai
tualiéneras
il/ellealiénera
nousaliénerons
vousaliénerez
ils/ellesaliéneront

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.

PronounFrench
jej'ai aliéné
tutu as aliéné
il/elleil/elle a aliéné
nousnous avons aliéné
vousvous avez aliéné
ils/ellesils/elles ont aliéné

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.

PronounFrench
jej'avais aliéné
tutu avais aliéné
il/elleil/elle avait aliéné
nousnous avions aliéné
vousvous aviez aliéné
ils/ellesils/elles avaient aliéné

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

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.

PronounFrench
jej'aurai aliéné
tutu auras aliéné
il/elleil/elle aura aliéné
nousnous aurons aliéné
vousvous aurez aliéné
ils/ellesils/elles auront aliéné

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
jealiène
tualiènes
il/ellealiène
nousaliénions
vousaliéniez
ils/ellesaliènent

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
jealiénasse
tualiénasses
il/ellealiénât
nousaliénassions
vousaliénassiez
ils/ellesaliénassent

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
tualiène
nousaliénons
vousaliénez