pavaner — French conjugation
to show off
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | pavane | I show off |
| tu | pavanes | you show off |
| il/elle | pavane | he/she/it shows off |
| nous | pavanons | we show off |
| vous | pavanez | you (pl.) show off |
| ils/elles | pavanent | they show off |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | pavanai | I showed off |
| tu | pavanas | you showed off |
| il/elle | pavana | he/she/it showed off |
| nous | pavanâmes | we showed off |
| vous | pavanâtes | you (pl.) showed off |
| ils/elles | pavanèrent | they showed off |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | pavanais |
| tu | pavanais |
| il/elle | pavanait |
| nous | pavanions |
| vous | pavaniez |
| ils/elles | pavanaient |
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 ?
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | pavanerais | I would show off |
| tu | pavanerais | you would show off |
| il/elle | pavanerait | he/she/it would show off |
| nous | pavanerions | we would show off |
| vous | pavaneriez | you (pl.) would show off |
| ils/elles | pavaneraient | they would show off |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | pavanerai | I will show off |
| tu | pavaneras | you will show off |
| il/elle | pavanera | he/she/it will show off |
| nous | pavanerons | we will show off |
| vous | pavanerez | you (pl.) will show off |
| ils/elles | pavaneront | they will show off |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'ai pavané | I have shown off |
| tu | tu as pavané | you have shown off |
| il/elle | il/elle a pavané | he/she/it has shown off |
| nous | nous avons pavané | we have shown off |
| vous | vous avez pavané | you (pl.) have shown off |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont pavané | they have shown off |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'avais pavané | I had shown off |
| tu | tu avais pavané | you had shown off |
| il/elle | il/elle avait pavané | he/she/it had shown off |
| nous | nous avions pavané | we had shown off |
| vous | vous aviez pavané | you (pl.) had shown off |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient pavané | they had shown off |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | j'aurais pavané |
| tu | tu aurais pavané |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait pavané |
| nous | nous aurions pavané |
| vous | vous auriez pavané |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient pavané |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'aurai pavané | I will have shown off |
| tu | tu auras pavané | you will have shown off |
| il/elle | il/elle aura pavané | he/she/it will have shown off |
| nous | nous aurons pavané | we will have shown off |
| vous | vous aurez pavané | you (pl.) will have shown off |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront pavané | they will have shown off |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | pavane |
| tu | pavanes |
| il/elle | pavane |
| nous | pavanions |
| vous | pavaniez |
| ils/elles | pavanent |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | pavanasse |
| tu | pavanasses |
| il/elle | pavanât |
| nous | pavanassions |
| vous | pavanassiez |
| ils/elles | pavanassent |
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 !
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| tu | pavane |
| nous | pavanons |
| vous | pavanez |