partager — French conjugation

to share

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jepartageI share
tupartagesyou share
il/ellepartagehe/she/it shares
nouspartageonswe share
vouspartagezyou (pl.) share
ils/ellespartagentthey share

Simple past (Passé simple) Irregular

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
jepartageaiI shared
tupartageasyou shared
il/ellepartageahe/she/it shared
nouspartageâmeswe shared
vouspartageâtesyou (pl.) shared
ils/ellespartagèrentthey shared

Imperfect (Imparfait) Irregular

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
jepartageais
tupartageais
il/ellepartageait
nouspartagions
vouspartagiez
ils/ellespartageaient

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
jepartageraisI would share
tupartageraisyou would share
il/ellepartageraithe/she/it would share
nouspartagerionswe would share
vouspartageriezyou (pl.) would share
ils/ellespartageraientthey would share

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
jepartageraiI will share
tupartagerasyou will share
il/ellepartagerahe/she/it will share
nouspartageronswe will share
vouspartagerezyou (pl.) will share
ils/ellespartagerontthey will share

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 partagéI have shared
tutu as partagéyou have shared
il/elleil/elle a partagéhe/she/it has shared
nousnous avons partagéwe have shared
vousvous avez partagéyou (pl.) have shared
ils/ellesils/elles ont partagéthey have shared

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 partagéI had shared
tutu avais partagéyou had shared
il/elleil/elle avait partagéhe/she/it had shared
nousnous avions partagéwe had shared
vousvous aviez partagéyou (pl.) had shared
ils/ellesils/elles avaient partagéthey had shared

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

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 partagéI will have shared
tutu auras partagéyou will have shared
il/elleil/elle aura partagéhe/she/it will have shared
nousnous aurons partagéwe will have shared
vousvous aurez partagéyou (pl.) will have shared
ils/ellesils/elles auront partagéthey will have shared

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
jepartage
tupartages
il/ellepartage
nouspartagions
vouspartagiez
ils/ellespartagent

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
jepartageasse
tupartageasses
il/ellepartageât
nouspartageassions
vouspartageassiez
ils/ellespartageassent

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
tupartage
nouspartageons
vouspartagez