nettoyer — French conjugation

to clean.

Frequency#114Irregular

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
jenettoie
tunettoies
il/ellenettoie
nousnettoyons
vousnettoyez
ils/ellesnettoient

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
jenettoyai
tunettoyas
il/ellenettoya
nousnettoyâmes
vousnettoyâtes
ils/ellesnettoyèrent

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
jenettoyais
tunettoyais
il/ellenettoyait
nousnettoyions
vousnettoyiez
ils/ellesnettoyaient

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
jenettoierais
tunettoierais
il/ellenettoierait
nousnettoierions
vousnettoieriez
ils/ellesnettoieraient

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
jenettoierai
tunettoieras
il/ellenettoiera
nousnettoierons
vousnettoierez
ils/ellesnettoieront

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

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

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

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

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
jenettoie
tunettoies
il/ellenettoie
nousnettoyions
vousnettoyiez
ils/ellesnettoient

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
jenettoyasse
tunettoyasses
il/ellenettoyât
nousnettoyassions
vousnettoyassiez
ils/ellesnettoyassent

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
tunettoie
nousnettoyons
vousnettoyez