monnayer — French conjugation

to exchange for money

Frequency#1859Irregular

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
jemonnaie
tumonnaies
il/ellemonnaie
nousmonnayons
vousmonnayez
ils/ellesmonnaient

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
jemonnayai
tumonnayas
il/ellemonnaya
nousmonnayâmes
vousmonnayâtes
ils/ellesmonnayèrent

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
jemonnayais
tumonnayais
il/ellemonnayait
nousmonnayions
vousmonnayiez
ils/ellesmonnayaient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Irregular

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
jemonnaierais
tumonnaierais
il/ellemonnaierait
nousmonnaierions
vousmonnaieriez
ils/ellesmonnaieraient

Future (Futur) Irregular

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
jemonnaierai
tumonnaieras
il/ellemonnaiera
nousmonnaierons
vousmonnaierez
ils/ellesmonnaieront

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 monnayé
tutu as monnayé
il/elleil/elle a monnayé
nousnous avons monnayé
vousvous avez monnayé
ils/ellesils/elles ont monnayé

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 monnayé
tutu avais monnayé
il/elleil/elle avait monnayé
nousnous avions monnayé
vousvous aviez monnayé
ils/ellesils/elles avaient monnayé

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

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 monnayé
tutu auras monnayé
il/elleil/elle aura monnayé
nousnous aurons monnayé
vousvous aurez monnayé
ils/ellesils/elles auront monnayé

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
jemonnaie
tumonnaies
il/ellemonnaie
nousmonnayions
vousmonnayiez
ils/ellesmonnaient

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
jemonnayasse
tumonnayasses
il/ellemonnayât
nousmonnayassions
vousmonnayassiez
ils/ellesmonnayassent

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
tumonnaie
nousmonnayons
vousmonnayez