fuser — French conjugation

to fuse

Frequency#819Regular

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
jefuseI fuse
tufusesyou fuse
il/ellefusehe/she/it fuses
nousfusonswe fuse
vousfusezyou (pl.) fuse
ils/ellesfusentthey fuse

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
jefusaiI fused
tufusasyou fused
il/ellefusahe/she/it fused
nousfusâmeswe fused
vousfusâtesyou (pl.) fused
ils/ellesfusèrentthey fused

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
jefusais
tufusais
il/ellefusait
nousfusions
vousfusiez
ils/ellesfusaient

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
jefuseraisI would fuse
tufuseraisyou would fuse
il/ellefuseraithe/she/it would fuse
nousfuserionswe would fuse
vousfuseriezyou (pl.) would fuse
ils/ellesfuseraientthey would fuse

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
jefuseraiI will fuse
tufuserasyou will fuse
il/ellefuserahe/she/it will fuse
nousfuseronswe will fuse
vousfuserezyou (pl.) will fuse
ils/ellesfuserontthey will fuse

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 fuséI have fused
tutu as fuséyou have fused
il/elleil/elle a fuséhe/she/it has fused
nousnous avons fuséwe have fused
vousvous avez fuséyou (pl.) have fused
ils/ellesils/elles ont fuséthey have fused

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 fuséI had fused
tutu avais fuséyou had fused
il/elleil/elle avait fuséhe/she/it had fused
nousnous avions fuséwe had fused
vousvous aviez fuséyou (pl.) had fused
ils/ellesils/elles avaient fuséthey had fused

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

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 fuséI will have fused
tutu auras fuséyou will have fused
il/elleil/elle aura fuséhe/she/it will have fused
nousnous aurons fuséwe will have fused
vousvous aurez fuséyou (pl.) will have fused
ils/ellesils/elles auront fuséthey will have fused

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
jefuse
tufuses
il/ellefuse
nousfusions
vousfusiez
ils/ellesfusent

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
jefusasse
tufusasses
il/ellefusât
nousfusassions
vousfusassiez
ils/ellesfusassent

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
tufuse
nousfusons
vousfusez