indigner — French conjugation

to outrage

Frequency#550RegularReflexives'indigner — to be indignant

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
jeindigneI outrage
tuindignesyou outrage
il/elleindignehe/she/it outrages
nousindignonswe outrage
vousindignezyou (pl.) outrage
ils/ellesindignentthey outrage

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
jeindignaiI outraged
tuindignasyou outraged
il/elleindignahe/she/it outraged
nousindignâmeswe outraged
vousindignâtesyou (pl.) outraged
ils/ellesindignèrentthey outraged

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
jeindignais
tuindignais
il/elleindignait
nousindignions
vousindigniez
ils/ellesindignaient

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
jeindigneraisI would outrage
tuindigneraisyou would outrage
il/elleindigneraithe/she/it would outrage
nousindignerionswe would outrage
vousindigneriezyou (pl.) would outrage
ils/ellesindigneraientthey would outrage

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
jeindigneraiI will outrage
tuindignerasyou will outrage
il/elleindignerahe/she/it will outrage
nousindigneronswe will outrage
vousindignerezyou (pl.) will outrage
ils/ellesindignerontthey will outrage

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 indignéI have outraged
tutu as indignéyou have outraged
il/elleil/elle a indignéhe/she/it has outraged
nousnous avons indignéwe have outraged
vousvous avez indignéyou (pl.) have outraged
ils/ellesils/elles ont indignéthey have outraged

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 indignéI had outraged
tutu avais indignéyou had outraged
il/elleil/elle avait indignéhe/she/it had outraged
nousnous avions indignéwe had outraged
vousvous aviez indignéyou (pl.) had outraged
ils/ellesils/elles avaient indignéthey had outraged

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

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 indignéI will have outraged
tutu auras indignéyou will have outraged
il/elleil/elle aura indignéhe/she/it will have outraged
nousnous aurons indignéwe will have outraged
vousvous aurez indignéyou (pl.) will have outraged
ils/ellesils/elles auront indignéthey will have outraged

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
jeindigne
tuindignes
il/elleindigne
nousindignions
vousindigniez
ils/ellesindignent

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
jeindignasse
tuindignasses
il/elleindignât
nousindignassions
vousindignassiez
ils/ellesindignassent

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
tuindigne
nousindignons
vousindignez