débloquer — French conjugation

to unlock

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
jedébloqueI unlock
tudébloquesyou unlock
il/elledébloquehe/she/it unlocks
nousdébloquonswe unlock
vousdébloquezyou (pl.) unlock
ils/ellesdébloquentthey unlock

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
jedébloquaiI unlocked
tudébloquasyou unlocked
il/elledébloquahe/she/it unlocked
nousdébloquâmeswe unlocked
vousdébloquâtesyou (pl.) unlocked
ils/ellesdébloquèrentthey unlocked

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
jedébloquais
tudébloquais
il/elledébloquait
nousdébloquions
vousdébloquiez
ils/ellesdébloquaient

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
jedébloqueraisI would unlock
tudébloqueraisyou would unlock
il/elledébloqueraithe/she/it would unlock
nousdébloquerionswe would unlock
vousdébloqueriezyou (pl.) would unlock
ils/ellesdébloqueraientthey would unlock

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
jedébloqueraiI will unlock
tudébloquerasyou will unlock
il/elledébloquerahe/she/it will unlock
nousdébloqueronswe will unlock
vousdébloquerezyou (pl.) will unlock
ils/ellesdébloquerontthey will unlock

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 débloquéI have unlocked
tutu as débloquéyou have unlocked
il/elleil/elle a débloquéhe/she/it has unlocked
nousnous avons débloquéwe have unlocked
vousvous avez débloquéyou (pl.) have unlocked
ils/ellesils/elles ont débloquéthey have unlocked

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 débloquéI had unlocked
tutu avais débloquéyou had unlocked
il/elleil/elle avait débloquéhe/she/it had unlocked
nousnous avions débloquéwe had unlocked
vousvous aviez débloquéyou (pl.) had unlocked
ils/ellesils/elles avaient débloquéthey had unlocked

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

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 débloquéI will have unlocked
tutu auras débloquéyou will have unlocked
il/elleil/elle aura débloquéhe/she/it will have unlocked
nousnous aurons débloquéwe will have unlocked
vousvous aurez débloquéyou (pl.) will have unlocked
ils/ellesils/elles auront débloquéthey will have unlocked

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
jedébloque
tudébloques
il/elledébloque
nousdébloquions
vousdébloquiez
ils/ellesdébloquent

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
jedébloquasse
tudébloquasses
il/elledébloquât
nousdébloquassions
vousdébloquassiez
ils/ellesdébloquassent

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
tudébloque
nousdébloquons
vousdébloquez