déposer — French conjugation

to deposit

Frequency#145Regular

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
jedéposeI deposit
tudéposesyou deposit
il/elledéposehe/she/it deposits
nousdéposonswe deposit
vousdéposezyou (pl.) deposit
ils/ellesdéposentthey deposit

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
jedéposaiI deposited
tudéposasyou deposited
il/elledéposahe/she/it deposited
nousdéposâmeswe deposited
vousdéposâtesyou (pl.) deposited
ils/ellesdéposèrentthey deposited

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
jedéposais
tudéposais
il/elledéposait
nousdéposions
vousdéposiez
ils/ellesdéposaient

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
jedéposeraisI would deposit
tudéposeraisyou would deposit
il/elledéposeraithe/she/it would deposit
nousdéposerionswe would deposit
vousdéposeriezyou (pl.) would deposit
ils/ellesdéposeraientthey would deposit

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
jedéposeraiI will deposit
tudéposerasyou will deposit
il/elledéposerahe/she/it will deposit
nousdéposeronswe will deposit
vousdéposerezyou (pl.) will deposit
ils/ellesdéposerontthey will deposit

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 déposéI have deposited
tutu as déposéyou have deposited
il/elleil/elle a déposéhe/she/it has deposited
nousnous avons déposéwe have deposited
vousvous avez déposéyou (pl.) have deposited
ils/ellesils/elles ont déposéthey have deposited

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 déposéI had deposited
tutu avais déposéyou had deposited
il/elleil/elle avait déposéhe/she/it had deposited
nousnous avions déposéwe had deposited
vousvous aviez déposéyou (pl.) had deposited
ils/ellesils/elles avaient déposéthey had deposited

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

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 déposéI will have deposited
tutu auras déposéyou will have deposited
il/elleil/elle aura déposéhe/she/it will have deposited
nousnous aurons déposéwe will have deposited
vousvous aurez déposéyou (pl.) will have deposited
ils/ellesils/elles auront déposéthey will have deposited

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
jedépose
tudéposes
il/elledépose
nousdéposions
vousdéposiez
ils/ellesdéposent

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
jedéposasse
tudéposasses
il/elledéposât
nousdéposassions
vousdéposassiez
ils/ellesdéposassent

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
tudépose
nousdéposons
vousdéposez