habituer — French conjugation

to habituate

Frequency#583RegularReflexives'habituer — to get used to

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
jehabitueI habituate
tuhabituesyou habituate
il/ellehabituehe/she/it habituates
noushabituonswe habituate
voushabituezyou (pl.) habituate
ils/elleshabituentthey habituate

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
jehabituaiI habituated
tuhabituasyou habituated
il/ellehabituahe/she/it habituated
noushabituâmeswe habituated
voushabituâtesyou (pl.) habituated
ils/elleshabituèrentthey habituated

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
jehabituais
tuhabituais
il/ellehabituait
noushabituions
voushabituiez
ils/elleshabituaient

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
jehabitueraisI would habituate
tuhabitueraisyou would habituate
il/ellehabitueraithe/she/it would habituate
noushabituerionswe would habituate
voushabitueriezyou (pl.) would habituate
ils/elleshabitueraientthey would habituate

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
jehabitueraiI will habituate
tuhabituerasyou will habituate
il/ellehabituerahe/she/it will habituate
noushabitueronswe will habituate
voushabituerezyou (pl.) will habituate
ils/elleshabituerontthey will habituate

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 habituéI have habituated
tutu as habituéyou have habituated
il/elleil/elle a habituéhe/she/it has habituated
nousnous avons habituéwe have habituated
vousvous avez habituéyou (pl.) have habituated
ils/ellesils/elles ont habituéthey have habituated

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 habituéI had habituated
tutu avais habituéyou had habituated
il/elleil/elle avait habituéhe/she/it had habituated
nousnous avions habituéwe had habituated
vousvous aviez habituéyou (pl.) had habituated
ils/ellesils/elles avaient habituéthey had habituated

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

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 habituéI will have habituated
tutu auras habituéyou will have habituated
il/elleil/elle aura habituéhe/she/it will have habituated
nousnous aurons habituéwe will have habituated
vousvous aurez habituéyou (pl.) will have habituated
ils/ellesils/elles auront habituéthey will have habituated

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
jehabitue
tuhabitues
il/ellehabitue
noushabituions
voushabituiez
ils/elleshabituent

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
jehabituasse
tuhabituasses
il/ellehabituât
noushabituassions
voushabituassiez
ils/elleshabituassent

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
tuhabitue
noushabituons
voushabituez