doper — French conjugation

to dope (sport); to boost

Frequency#667Regular

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
jedopeI dope
tudopesyou dope
il/elledopehe/she/it dopes
nousdoponswe dope
vousdopezyou (pl.) dope
ils/ellesdopentthey dope

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
jedopaiI doped
tudopasyou doped
il/elledopahe/she/it doped
nousdopâmeswe doped
vousdopâtesyou (pl.) doped
ils/ellesdopèrentthey doped

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
jedopais
tudopais
il/elledopait
nousdopions
vousdopiez
ils/ellesdopaient

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
jedoperaisI would dope
tudoperaisyou would dope
il/elledoperaithe/she/it would dope
nousdoperionswe would dope
vousdoperiezyou (pl.) would dope
ils/ellesdoperaientthey would dope

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
jedoperaiI will dope
tudoperasyou will dope
il/elledoperahe/she/it will dope
nousdoperonswe will dope
vousdoperezyou (pl.) will dope
ils/ellesdoperontthey will dope

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 dopéI have doped
tutu as dopéyou have doped
il/elleil/elle a dopéhe/she/it has doped
nousnous avons dopéwe have doped
vousvous avez dopéyou (pl.) have doped
ils/ellesils/elles ont dopéthey have doped

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 dopéI had doped
tutu avais dopéyou had doped
il/elleil/elle avait dopéhe/she/it had doped
nousnous avions dopéwe had doped
vousvous aviez dopéyou (pl.) had doped
ils/ellesils/elles avaient dopéthey had doped

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

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 dopéI will have doped
tutu auras dopéyou will have doped
il/elleil/elle aura dopéhe/she/it will have doped
nousnous aurons dopéwe will have doped
vousvous aurez dopéyou (pl.) will have doped
ils/ellesils/elles auront dopéthey will have doped

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
jedope
tudopes
il/elledope
nousdopions
vousdopiez
ils/ellesdopent

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
jedopasse
tudopasses
il/elledopât
nousdopassions
vousdopassiez
ils/ellesdopassent

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
tudope
nousdopons
vousdopez