entasser — French conjugation

to pile up

Frequency#1763Regular

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
jeentasseI pile up
tuentassesyou pile up
il/elleentassehe/she/it piles up
nousentassonswe pile up
vousentassezyou (pl.) pile up
ils/ellesentassentthey pile up

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
jeentassaiI piled up
tuentassasyou piled up
il/elleentassahe/she/it piled up
nousentassâmeswe piled up
vousentassâtesyou (pl.) piled up
ils/ellesentassèrentthey piled up

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
jeentassais
tuentassais
il/elleentassait
nousentassions
vousentassiez
ils/ellesentassaient

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
jeentasseraisI would pile up
tuentasseraisyou would pile up
il/elleentasseraithe/she/it would pile up
nousentasserionswe would pile up
vousentasseriezyou (pl.) would pile up
ils/ellesentasseraientthey would pile up

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
jeentasseraiI will pile up
tuentasserasyou will pile up
il/elleentasserahe/she/it will pile up
nousentasseronswe will pile up
vousentasserezyou (pl.) will pile up
ils/ellesentasserontthey will pile up

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 entasséI have piled up
tutu as entasséyou have piled up
il/elleil/elle a entasséhe/she/it has piled up
nousnous avons entasséwe have piled up
vousvous avez entasséyou (pl.) have piled up
ils/ellesils/elles ont entasséthey have piled up

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 entasséI had piled up
tutu avais entasséyou had piled up
il/elleil/elle avait entasséhe/she/it had piled up
nousnous avions entasséwe had piled up
vousvous aviez entasséyou (pl.) had piled up
ils/ellesils/elles avaient entasséthey had piled up

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

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 entasséI will have piled up
tutu auras entasséyou will have piled up
il/elleil/elle aura entasséhe/she/it will have piled up
nousnous aurons entasséwe will have piled up
vousvous aurez entasséyou (pl.) will have piled up
ils/ellesils/elles auront entasséthey will have piled up

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
jeentasse
tuentasses
il/elleentasse
nousentassions
vousentassiez
ils/ellesentassent

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
jeentassasse
tuentassasses
il/elleentassât
nousentassassions
vousentassassiez
ils/ellesentassassent

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
tuentasse
nousentassons
vousentassez