concorder — French conjugation

to agree

Frequency#368Regular

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
jeconcordeI agree
tuconcordesyou agree
il/elleconcordehe/she/it agrees
nousconcordonswe agree
vousconcordezyou (pl.) agree
ils/ellesconcordentthey 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
jeconcordaiI agreed
tuconcordasyou agreed
il/elleconcordahe/she/it agreed
nousconcordâmeswe agreed
vousconcordâtesyou (pl.) agreed
ils/ellesconcordèrentthey 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
jeconcordais
tuconcordais
il/elleconcordait
nousconcordions
vousconcordiez
ils/ellesconcordaient

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
jeconcorderaisI would agree
tuconcorderaisyou would agree
il/elleconcorderaithe/she/it would agree
nousconcorderionswe would agree
vousconcorderiezyou (pl.) would agree
ils/ellesconcorderaientthey 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
jeconcorderaiI will agree
tuconcorderasyou will agree
il/elleconcorderahe/she/it will agree
nousconcorderonswe will agree
vousconcorderezyou (pl.) will agree
ils/ellesconcorderontthey 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 concordéI have agreed
tutu as concordéyou have agreed
il/elleil/elle a concordéhe/she/it has agreed
nousnous avons concordéwe have agreed
vousvous avez concordéyou (pl.) have agreed
ils/ellesils/elles ont concordéthey 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 concordéI had agreed
tutu avais concordéyou had agreed
il/elleil/elle avait concordéhe/she/it had agreed
nousnous avions concordéwe had agreed
vousvous aviez concordéyou (pl.) had agreed
ils/ellesils/elles avaient concordéthey 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 concordé
tutu aurais concordé
il/elleil/elle aurait concordé
nousnous aurions concordé
vousvous auriez concordé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient concordé

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 concordéI will have agreed
tutu auras concordéyou will have agreed
il/elleil/elle aura concordéhe/she/it will have agreed
nousnous aurons concordéwe will have agreed
vousvous aurez concordéyou (pl.) will have agreed
ils/ellesils/elles auront concordéthey 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
jeconcorde
tuconcordes
il/elleconcorde
nousconcordions
vousconcordiez
ils/ellesconcordent

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
jeconcordasse
tuconcordasses
il/elleconcordât
nousconcordassions
vousconcordassiez
ils/ellesconcordassent

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
tuconcorde
nousconcordons
vousconcordez