étager — French conjugation

to level

Frequency#989Irregular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Irregular

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
jeétageI level
tuétagesyou level
il/elleétagehe/she/it levels
nousétageonswe level
vousétagezyou (pl.) level
ils/ellesétagentthey level

Simple past (Passé simple) Irregular

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
jeétageaiI levelled
tuétageasyou levelled
il/elleétageahe/she/it levelled
nousétageâmeswe levelled
vousétageâtesyou (pl.) levelled
ils/ellesétagèrentthey levelled

Imperfect (Imparfait) Irregular

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
jeétageais
tuétageais
il/elleétageait
nousétagions
vousétagiez
ils/ellesétageaient

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
jeétageraisI would level
tuétageraisyou would level
il/elleétageraithe/she/it would level
nousétagerionswe would level
vousétageriezyou (pl.) would level
ils/ellesétageraientthey would level

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
jeétageraiI will level
tuétagerasyou will level
il/elleétagerahe/she/it will level
nousétageronswe will level
vousétagerezyou (pl.) will level
ils/ellesétagerontthey will level

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 étagéI have levelled
tutu as étagéyou have levelled
il/elleil/elle a étagéhe/she/it has levelled
nousnous avons étagéwe have levelled
vousvous avez étagéyou (pl.) have levelled
ils/ellesils/elles ont étagéthey have levelled

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 étagéI had levelled
tutu avais étagéyou had levelled
il/elleil/elle avait étagéhe/she/it had levelled
nousnous avions étagéwe had levelled
vousvous aviez étagéyou (pl.) had levelled
ils/ellesils/elles avaient étagéthey had levelled

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

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 étagéI will have levelled
tutu auras étagéyou will have levelled
il/elleil/elle aura étagéhe/she/it will have levelled
nousnous aurons étagéwe will have levelled
vousvous aurez étagéyou (pl.) will have levelled
ils/ellesils/elles auront étagéthey will have levelled

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
jeétage
tuétages
il/elleétage
nousétagions
vousétagiez
ils/ellesétagent

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
jeétageasse
tuétageasses
il/elleétageât
nousétageassions
vousétageassiez
ils/ellesétageassent

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
tuétage
nousétageons
vousétagez