notifier — French conjugation

to notify

Frequency#1871Regular

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
jenotifieI notify
tunotifiesyou notify
il/ellenotifiehe/she/it notifies
nousnotifionswe notify
vousnotifiezyou (pl.) notify
ils/ellesnotifientthey notify

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
jenotifiaiI notified
tunotifiasyou notified
il/ellenotifiahe/she/it notified
nousnotifiâmeswe notified
vousnotifiâtesyou (pl.) notified
ils/ellesnotifièrentthey notified

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
jenotifiais
tunotifiais
il/ellenotifiait
nousnotifiions
vousnotifiiez
ils/ellesnotifiaient

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
jenotifieraisI would notify
tunotifieraisyou would notify
il/ellenotifieraithe/she/it would notify
nousnotifierionswe would notify
vousnotifieriezyou (pl.) would notify
ils/ellesnotifieraientthey would notify

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
jenotifieraiI will notify
tunotifierasyou will notify
il/ellenotifierahe/she/it will notify
nousnotifieronswe will notify
vousnotifierezyou (pl.) will notify
ils/ellesnotifierontthey will notify

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 notifiéI have notified
tutu as notifiéyou have notified
il/elleil/elle a notifiéhe/she/it has notified
nousnous avons notifiéwe have notified
vousvous avez notifiéyou (pl.) have notified
ils/ellesils/elles ont notifiéthey have notified

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 notifiéI had notified
tutu avais notifiéyou had notified
il/elleil/elle avait notifiéhe/she/it had notified
nousnous avions notifiéwe had notified
vousvous aviez notifiéyou (pl.) had notified
ils/ellesils/elles avaient notifiéthey had notified

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

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 notifiéI will have notified
tutu auras notifiéyou will have notified
il/elleil/elle aura notifiéhe/she/it will have notified
nousnous aurons notifiéwe will have notified
vousvous aurez notifiéyou (pl.) will have notified
ils/ellesils/elles auront notifiéthey will have notified

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
jenotifie
tunotifies
il/ellenotifie
nousnotifiions
vousnotifiiez
ils/ellesnotifient

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
jenotifiasse
tunotifiasses
il/ellenotifiât
nousnotifiassions
vousnotifiassiez
ils/ellesnotifiassent

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
tunotifie
nousnotifions
vousnotifiez