disposer — French conjugation

to arrange

Frequency#366Regular

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
jedisposeI arrange
tudisposesyou arrange
il/elledisposehe/she/it arranges
nousdisposonswe arrange
vousdisposezyou (pl.) arrange
ils/ellesdisposentthey arrange

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
jedisposaiI arranged
tudisposasyou arranged
il/elledisposahe/she/it arranged
nousdisposâmeswe arranged
vousdisposâtesyou (pl.) arranged
ils/ellesdisposèrentthey arranged

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
jedisposais
tudisposais
il/elledisposait
nousdisposions
vousdisposiez
ils/ellesdisposaient

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
jedisposeraisI would arrange
tudisposeraisyou would arrange
il/elledisposeraithe/she/it would arrange
nousdisposerionswe would arrange
vousdisposeriezyou (pl.) would arrange
ils/ellesdisposeraientthey would arrange

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
jedisposeraiI will arrange
tudisposerasyou will arrange
il/elledisposerahe/she/it will arrange
nousdisposeronswe will arrange
vousdisposerezyou (pl.) will arrange
ils/ellesdisposerontthey will arrange

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 disposéI have arranged
tutu as disposéyou have arranged
il/elleil/elle a disposéhe/she/it has arranged
nousnous avons disposéwe have arranged
vousvous avez disposéyou (pl.) have arranged
ils/ellesils/elles ont disposéthey have arranged

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 disposéI had arranged
tutu avais disposéyou had arranged
il/elleil/elle avait disposéhe/she/it had arranged
nousnous avions disposéwe had arranged
vousvous aviez disposéyou (pl.) had arranged
ils/ellesils/elles avaient disposéthey had arranged

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

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 disposéI will have arranged
tutu auras disposéyou will have arranged
il/elleil/elle aura disposéhe/she/it will have arranged
nousnous aurons disposéwe will have arranged
vousvous aurez disposéyou (pl.) will have arranged
ils/ellesils/elles auront disposéthey will have arranged

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
jedispose
tudisposes
il/elledispose
nousdisposions
vousdisposiez
ils/ellesdisposent

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
jedisposasse
tudisposasses
il/elledisposât
nousdisposassions
vousdisposassiez
ils/ellesdisposassent

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
tudispose
nousdisposons
vousdisposez