aménager — French conjugation

to arrange

Frequency#1189Irregular

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
jeaménageI arrange
tuaménagesyou arrange
il/elleaménagehe/she/it arranges
nousaménageonswe arrange
vousaménagezyou (pl.) arrange
ils/ellesaménagentthey arrange

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
jeaménageaiI arranged
tuaménageasyou arranged
il/elleaménageahe/she/it arranged
nousaménageâmeswe arranged
vousaménageâtesyou (pl.) arranged
ils/ellesaménagèrentthey arranged

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
jeaménageais
tuaménageais
il/elleaménageait
nousaménagions
vousaménagiez
ils/ellesaménageaient

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
jeaménageraisI would arrange
tuaménageraisyou would arrange
il/elleaménageraithe/she/it would arrange
nousaménagerionswe would arrange
vousaménageriezyou (pl.) would arrange
ils/ellesaménageraientthey would arrange

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
jeaménageraiI will arrange
tuaménagerasyou will arrange
il/elleaménagerahe/she/it will arrange
nousaménageronswe will arrange
vousaménagerezyou (pl.) will arrange
ils/ellesaménagerontthey will arrange

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 aménagéI have arranged
tutu as aménagéyou have arranged
il/elleil/elle a aménagéhe/she/it has arranged
nousnous avons aménagéwe have arranged
vousvous avez aménagéyou (pl.) have arranged
ils/ellesils/elles ont aménagéthey have arranged

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 aménagéI had arranged
tutu avais aménagéyou had arranged
il/elleil/elle avait aménagéhe/she/it had arranged
nousnous avions aménagéwe had arranged
vousvous aviez aménagéyou (pl.) had arranged
ils/ellesils/elles avaient aménagéthey had arranged

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

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 aménagéI will have arranged
tutu auras aménagéyou will have arranged
il/elleil/elle aura aménagéhe/she/it will have arranged
nousnous aurons aménagéwe will have arranged
vousvous aurez aménagéyou (pl.) will have arranged
ils/ellesils/elles auront aménagéthey will have arranged

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
jeaménage
tuaménages
il/elleaménage
nousaménagions
vousaménagiez
ils/ellesaménagent

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
jeaménageasse
tuaménageasses
il/elleaménageât
nousaménageassions
vousaménageassiez
ils/ellesaménageassent

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
tuaménage
nousaménageons
vousaménagez