insérer — French conjugation

to insert.

Frequency#413Irregular

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.

PronounFrench
jeinsère
tuinsères
il/elleinsère
nousinsérons
vousinsérez
ils/ellesinsèrent

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.

PronounFrench
jeinsérai
tuinséras
il/elleinséra
nousinsérâmes
vousinsérâtes
ils/ellesinsérèrent

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
jeinsérais
tuinsérais
il/elleinsérait
nousinsérions
vousinsériez
ils/ellesinséraient

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 ?

PronounFrench
jeinsérerais
tuinsérerais
il/elleinsérerait
nousinsérerions
vousinséreriez
ils/ellesinséreraient

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.

PronounFrench
jeinsérerai
tuinséreras
il/elleinsérera
nousinsérerons
vousinsérerez
ils/ellesinséreront

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.

PronounFrench
jej'ai inséré
tutu as inséré
il/elleil/elle a inséré
nousnous avons inséré
vousvous avez inséré
ils/ellesils/elles ont inséré

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.

PronounFrench
jej'avais inséré
tutu avais inséré
il/elleil/elle avait inséré
nousnous avions inséré
vousvous aviez inséré
ils/ellesils/elles avaient inséré

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

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.

PronounFrench
jej'aurai inséré
tutu auras inséré
il/elleil/elle aura inséré
nousnous aurons inséré
vousvous aurez inséré
ils/ellesils/elles auront inséré

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Irregular

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
jeinsère
tuinsères
il/elleinsère
nousinsérions
vousinsériez
ils/ellesinsèrent

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
jeinsérasse
tuinsérasses
il/elleinsérât
nousinsérassions
vousinsérassiez
ils/ellesinsérassent

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
tuinsère
nousinsérons
vousinsérez