organiser — French conjugation

to organise

Frequency#248Regular

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
jeorganiseI organise
tuorganisesyou organise
il/elleorganisehe/she/it organises
nousorganisonswe organise
vousorganisezyou (pl.) organise
ils/ellesorganisentthey organise

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
jeorganisaiI organised
tuorganisasyou organised
il/elleorganisahe/she/it organised
nousorganisâmeswe organised
vousorganisâtesyou (pl.) organised
ils/ellesorganisèrentthey organised

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
jeorganisais
tuorganisais
il/elleorganisait
nousorganisions
vousorganisiez
ils/ellesorganisaient

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
jeorganiseraisI would organise
tuorganiseraisyou would organise
il/elleorganiseraithe/she/it would organise
nousorganiserionswe would organise
vousorganiseriezyou (pl.) would organise
ils/ellesorganiseraientthey would organise

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
jeorganiseraiI will organise
tuorganiserasyou will organise
il/elleorganiserahe/she/it will organise
nousorganiseronswe will organise
vousorganiserezyou (pl.) will organise
ils/ellesorganiserontthey will organise

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 organiséI have organised
tutu as organiséyou have organised
il/elleil/elle a organiséhe/she/it has organised
nousnous avons organiséwe have organised
vousvous avez organiséyou (pl.) have organised
ils/ellesils/elles ont organiséthey have organised

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 organiséI had organised
tutu avais organiséyou had organised
il/elleil/elle avait organiséhe/she/it had organised
nousnous avions organiséwe had organised
vousvous aviez organiséyou (pl.) had organised
ils/ellesils/elles avaient organiséthey had organised

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

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 organiséI will have organised
tutu auras organiséyou will have organised
il/elleil/elle aura organiséhe/she/it will have organised
nousnous aurons organiséwe will have organised
vousvous aurez organiséyou (pl.) will have organised
ils/ellesils/elles auront organiséthey will have organised

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
jeorganise
tuorganises
il/elleorganise
nousorganisions
vousorganisiez
ils/ellesorganisent

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
jeorganisasse
tuorganisasses
il/elleorganisât
nousorganisassions
vousorganisassiez
ils/ellesorganisassent

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
tuorganise
nousorganisons
vousorganisez