disperser — French conjugation
to disperse
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 | disperse | I disperse |
| tu | disperses | you disperse |
| il/elle | disperse | he/she/it disperses |
| nous | dispersons | we disperse |
| vous | dispersez | you (pl.) disperse |
| ils/elles | dispersent | they disperse |
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 | dispersai | I dispersed |
| tu | dispersas | you dispersed |
| il/elle | dispersa | he/she/it dispersed |
| nous | dispersâmes | we dispersed |
| vous | dispersâtes | you (pl.) dispersed |
| ils/elles | dispersèrent | they dispersed |
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 | dispersais |
| tu | dispersais |
| il/elle | dispersait |
| nous | dispersions |
| vous | dispersiez |
| ils/elles | dispersaient |
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 | disperserais | I would disperse |
| tu | disperserais | you would disperse |
| il/elle | disperserait | he/she/it would disperse |
| nous | disperserions | we would disperse |
| vous | disperseriez | you (pl.) would disperse |
| ils/elles | disperseraient | they would disperse |
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 | disperserai | I will disperse |
| tu | disperseras | you will disperse |
| il/elle | dispersera | he/she/it will disperse |
| nous | disperserons | we will disperse |
| vous | disperserez | you (pl.) will disperse |
| ils/elles | disperseront | they will disperse |
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 dispersé | I have dispersed |
| tu | tu as dispersé | you have dispersed |
| il/elle | il/elle a dispersé | he/she/it has dispersed |
| nous | nous avons dispersé | we have dispersed |
| vous | vous avez dispersé | you (pl.) have dispersed |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont dispersé | they have dispersed |
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 dispersé | I had dispersed |
| tu | tu avais dispersé | you had dispersed |
| il/elle | il/elle avait dispersé | he/she/it had dispersed |
| nous | nous avions dispersé | we had dispersed |
| vous | vous aviez dispersé | you (pl.) had dispersed |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient dispersé | they had dispersed |
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 dispersé |
| tu | tu aurais dispersé |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait dispersé |
| nous | nous aurions dispersé |
| vous | vous auriez dispersé |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient dispersé |
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 dispersé | I will have dispersed |
| tu | tu auras dispersé | you will have dispersed |
| il/elle | il/elle aura dispersé | he/she/it will have dispersed |
| nous | nous aurons dispersé | we will have dispersed |
| vous | vous aurez dispersé | you (pl.) will have dispersed |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront dispersé | they will have dispersed |
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 | disperse |
| tu | disperses |
| il/elle | disperse |
| nous | dispersions |
| vous | dispersiez |
| ils/elles | dispersent |
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 | dispersasse |
| tu | dispersasses |
| il/elle | dispersât |
| nous | dispersassions |
| vous | dispersassiez |
| ils/elles | dispersassent |
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 | disperse |
| nous | dispersons |
| vous | dispersez |