amplifier — French conjugation

amplifier

Frequency#79Regular

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.

PronounFrench
jeamplifie
tuamplifies
il/elleamplifie
nousamplifions
vousamplifiez
ils/ellesamplifient

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
jeamplifiai
tuamplifias
il/elleamplifia
nousamplifiâmes
vousamplifiâtes
ils/ellesamplifièrent

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
jeamplifiais
tuamplifiais
il/elleamplifiait
nousamplifiions
vousamplifiiez
ils/ellesamplifiaient

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
jeamplifierais
tuamplifierais
il/elleamplifierait
nousamplifierions
vousamplifieriez
ils/ellesamplifieraient

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
jeamplifierai
tuamplifieras
il/elleamplifiera
nousamplifierons
vousamplifierez
ils/ellesamplifieront

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 amplifié
tutu as amplifié
il/elleil/elle a amplifié
nousnous avons amplifié
vousvous avez amplifié
ils/ellesils/elles ont amplifié

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 amplifié
tutu avais amplifié
il/elleil/elle avait amplifié
nousnous avions amplifié
vousvous aviez amplifié
ils/ellesils/elles avaient amplifié

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

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 amplifié
tutu auras amplifié
il/elleil/elle aura amplifié
nousnous aurons amplifié
vousvous aurez amplifié
ils/ellesils/elles auront amplifié

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
jeamplifie
tuamplifies
il/elleamplifie
nousamplifiions
vousamplifiiez
ils/ellesamplifient

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
jeamplifiasse
tuamplifiasses
il/elleamplifiât
nousamplifiassions
vousamplifiassiez
ils/ellesamplifiassent

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
tuamplifie
nousamplifions
vousamplifiez