incorporer — French conjugation

to incorporate

Frequency#1141Regular

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
jeincorporeI incorporate
tuincorporesyou incorporate
il/elleincorporehe/she/it incorporates
nousincorporonswe incorporate
vousincorporezyou (pl.) incorporate
ils/ellesincorporentthey incorporate

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
jeincorporaiI incorporated
tuincorporasyou incorporated
il/elleincorporahe/she/it incorporated
nousincorporâmeswe incorporated
vousincorporâtesyou (pl.) incorporated
ils/ellesincorporèrentthey incorporated

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
jeincorporais
tuincorporais
il/elleincorporait
nousincorporions
vousincorporiez
ils/ellesincorporaient

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
jeincorporeraisI would incorporate
tuincorporeraisyou would incorporate
il/elleincorporeraithe/she/it would incorporate
nousincorporerionswe would incorporate
vousincorporeriezyou (pl.) would incorporate
ils/ellesincorporeraientthey would incorporate

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
jeincorporeraiI will incorporate
tuincorporerasyou will incorporate
il/elleincorporerahe/she/it will incorporate
nousincorporeronswe will incorporate
vousincorporerezyou (pl.) will incorporate
ils/ellesincorporerontthey will incorporate

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 incorporéI have incorporated
tutu as incorporéyou have incorporated
il/elleil/elle a incorporéhe/she/it has incorporated
nousnous avons incorporéwe have incorporated
vousvous avez incorporéyou (pl.) have incorporated
ils/ellesils/elles ont incorporéthey have incorporated

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 incorporéI had incorporated
tutu avais incorporéyou had incorporated
il/elleil/elle avait incorporéhe/she/it had incorporated
nousnous avions incorporéwe had incorporated
vousvous aviez incorporéyou (pl.) had incorporated
ils/ellesils/elles avaient incorporéthey had incorporated

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

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 incorporéI will have incorporated
tutu auras incorporéyou will have incorporated
il/elleil/elle aura incorporéhe/she/it will have incorporated
nousnous aurons incorporéwe will have incorporated
vousvous aurez incorporéyou (pl.) will have incorporated
ils/ellesils/elles auront incorporéthey will have incorporated

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
jeincorpore
tuincorpores
il/elleincorpore
nousincorporions
vousincorporiez
ils/ellesincorporent

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
jeincorporasse
tuincorporasses
il/elleincorporât
nousincorporassions
vousincorporassiez
ils/ellesincorporassent

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
tuincorpore
nousincorporons
vousincorporez