coulisser — French conjugation
to slide
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 | coulisse | I slide |
| tu | coulisses | you slide |
| il/elle | coulisse | he/she/it slides |
| nous | coulissons | we slide |
| vous | coulissez | you (pl.) slide |
| ils/elles | coulissent | they slide |
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 | coulissai | I slid |
| tu | coulissas | you slid |
| il/elle | coulissa | he/she/it slid |
| nous | coulissâmes | we slid |
| vous | coulissâtes | you (pl.) slid |
| ils/elles | coulissèrent | they slid |
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 | coulissais |
| tu | coulissais |
| il/elle | coulissait |
| nous | coulissions |
| vous | coulissiez |
| ils/elles | coulissaient |
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 | coulisserais | I would slide |
| tu | coulisserais | you would slide |
| il/elle | coulisserait | he/she/it would slide |
| nous | coulisserions | we would slide |
| vous | coulisseriez | you (pl.) would slide |
| ils/elles | coulisseraient | they would slide |
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 | coulisserai | I will slide |
| tu | coulisseras | you will slide |
| il/elle | coulissera | he/she/it will slide |
| nous | coulisserons | we will slide |
| vous | coulisserez | you (pl.) will slide |
| ils/elles | coulisseront | they will slide |
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 coulissé | I have slid |
| tu | tu as coulissé | you have slid |
| il/elle | il/elle a coulissé | he/she/it has slid |
| nous | nous avons coulissé | we have slid |
| vous | vous avez coulissé | you (pl.) have slid |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont coulissé | they have slid |
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 coulissé | I had slid |
| tu | tu avais coulissé | you had slid |
| il/elle | il/elle avait coulissé | he/she/it had slid |
| nous | nous avions coulissé | we had slid |
| vous | vous aviez coulissé | you (pl.) had slid |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient coulissé | they had slid |
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 coulissé |
| tu | tu aurais coulissé |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait coulissé |
| nous | nous aurions coulissé |
| vous | vous auriez coulissé |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient coulissé |
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 coulissé | I will have slid |
| tu | tu auras coulissé | you will have slid |
| il/elle | il/elle aura coulissé | he/she/it will have slid |
| nous | nous aurons coulissé | we will have slid |
| vous | vous aurez coulissé | you (pl.) will have slid |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront coulissé | they will have slid |
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 | coulisse |
| tu | coulisses |
| il/elle | coulisse |
| nous | coulissions |
| vous | coulissiez |
| ils/elles | coulissent |
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 | coulissasse |
| tu | coulissasses |
| il/elle | coulissât |
| nous | coulissassions |
| vous | coulissassiez |
| ils/elles | coulissassent |
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 | coulisse |
| nous | coulissons |
| vous | coulissez |