aligner — French conjugation
to align
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 | aligne | I align |
| tu | alignes | you align |
| il/elle | aligne | he/she/it aligns |
| nous | alignons | we align |
| vous | alignez | you (pl.) align |
| ils/elles | alignent | they align |
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 | alignai | I aligned |
| tu | alignas | you aligned |
| il/elle | aligna | he/she/it aligned |
| nous | alignâmes | we aligned |
| vous | alignâtes | you (pl.) aligned |
| ils/elles | alignèrent | they aligned |
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 | alignais |
| tu | alignais |
| il/elle | alignait |
| nous | alignions |
| vous | aligniez |
| ils/elles | alignaient |
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 | alignerais | I would align |
| tu | alignerais | you would align |
| il/elle | alignerait | he/she/it would align |
| nous | alignerions | we would align |
| vous | aligneriez | you (pl.) would align |
| ils/elles | aligneraient | they would align |
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 | alignerai | I will align |
| tu | aligneras | you will align |
| il/elle | alignera | he/she/it will align |
| nous | alignerons | we will align |
| vous | alignerez | you (pl.) will align |
| ils/elles | aligneront | they will align |
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 aligné | I have aligned |
| tu | tu as aligné | you have aligned |
| il/elle | il/elle a aligné | he/she/it has aligned |
| nous | nous avons aligné | we have aligned |
| vous | vous avez aligné | you (pl.) have aligned |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont aligné | they have aligned |
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 aligné | I had aligned |
| tu | tu avais aligné | you had aligned |
| il/elle | il/elle avait aligné | he/she/it had aligned |
| nous | nous avions aligné | we had aligned |
| vous | vous aviez aligné | you (pl.) had aligned |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient aligné | they had aligned |
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 aligné |
| tu | tu aurais aligné |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait aligné |
| nous | nous aurions aligné |
| vous | vous auriez aligné |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient aligné |
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 aligné | I will have aligned |
| tu | tu auras aligné | you will have aligned |
| il/elle | il/elle aura aligné | he/she/it will have aligned |
| nous | nous aurons aligné | we will have aligned |
| vous | vous aurez aligné | you (pl.) will have aligned |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront aligné | they will have aligned |
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 | aligne |
| tu | alignes |
| il/elle | aligne |
| nous | alignions |
| vous | aligniez |
| ils/elles | alignent |
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 | alignasse |
| tu | alignasses |
| il/elle | alignât |
| nous | alignassions |
| vous | alignassiez |
| ils/elles | alignassent |
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 | aligne |
| nous | alignons |
| vous | alignez |