émaner — French conjugation

to emanate

Frequency#1277Regular

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
jeémaneI emanate
tuémanesyou emanate
il/elleémanehe/she/it emanates
nousémanonswe emanate
vousémanezyou (pl.) emanate
ils/ellesémanentthey emanate

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
jeémanaiI emanated
tuémanasyou emanated
il/elleémanahe/she/it emanated
nousémanâmeswe emanated
vousémanâtesyou (pl.) emanated
ils/ellesémanèrentthey emanated

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
jeémanais
tuémanais
il/elleémanait
nousémanions
vousémaniez
ils/ellesémanaient

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
jeémaneraisI would emanate
tuémaneraisyou would emanate
il/elleémaneraithe/she/it would emanate
nousémanerionswe would emanate
vousémaneriezyou (pl.) would emanate
ils/ellesémaneraientthey would emanate

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
jeémaneraiI will emanate
tuémanerasyou will emanate
il/elleémanerahe/she/it will emanate
nousémaneronswe will emanate
vousémanerezyou (pl.) will emanate
ils/ellesémanerontthey will emanate

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 émanéI have emanated
tutu as émanéyou have emanated
il/elleil/elle a émanéhe/she/it has emanated
nousnous avons émanéwe have emanated
vousvous avez émanéyou (pl.) have emanated
ils/ellesils/elles ont émanéthey have emanated

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 émanéI had emanated
tutu avais émanéyou had emanated
il/elleil/elle avait émanéhe/she/it had emanated
nousnous avions émanéwe had emanated
vousvous aviez émanéyou (pl.) had emanated
ils/ellesils/elles avaient émanéthey had emanated

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

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 émanéI will have emanated
tutu auras émanéyou will have emanated
il/elleil/elle aura émanéhe/she/it will have emanated
nousnous aurons émanéwe will have emanated
vousvous aurez émanéyou (pl.) will have emanated
ils/ellesils/elles auront émanéthey will have emanated

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
jeémane
tuémanes
il/elleémane
nousémanions
vousémaniez
ils/ellesémanent

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
jeémanasse
tuémanasses
il/elleémanât
nousémanassions
vousémanassiez
ils/ellesémanassent

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
tuémane
nousémanons
vousémanez