personnaliser — French conjugation

to customise

Frequency#1427Regular

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
jepersonnaliseI customize
tupersonnalisesyou customize
il/ellepersonnalisehe/she/it customizes
nouspersonnalisonswe customize
vouspersonnalisezyou (pl.) customize
ils/ellespersonnalisentthey customize

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
jepersonnalisaiI customized
tupersonnalisasyou customized
il/ellepersonnalisahe/she/it customized
nouspersonnalisâmeswe customized
vouspersonnalisâtesyou (pl.) customized
ils/ellespersonnalisèrentthey customized

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
jepersonnalisais
tupersonnalisais
il/ellepersonnalisait
nouspersonnalisions
vouspersonnalisiez
ils/ellespersonnalisaient

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
jepersonnaliseraisI would customize
tupersonnaliseraisyou would customize
il/ellepersonnaliseraithe/she/it would customize
nouspersonnaliserionswe would customize
vouspersonnaliseriezyou (pl.) would customize
ils/ellespersonnaliseraientthey would customize

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
jepersonnaliseraiI will customize
tupersonnaliserasyou will customize
il/ellepersonnaliserahe/she/it will customize
nouspersonnaliseronswe will customize
vouspersonnaliserezyou (pl.) will customize
ils/ellespersonnaliserontthey will customize

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 personnaliséI have customized
tutu as personnaliséyou have customized
il/elleil/elle a personnaliséhe/she/it has customized
nousnous avons personnaliséwe have customized
vousvous avez personnaliséyou (pl.) have customized
ils/ellesils/elles ont personnaliséthey have customized

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 personnaliséI had customized
tutu avais personnaliséyou had customized
il/elleil/elle avait personnaliséhe/she/it had customized
nousnous avions personnaliséwe had customized
vousvous aviez personnaliséyou (pl.) had customized
ils/ellesils/elles avaient personnaliséthey had customized

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

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 personnaliséI will have customized
tutu auras personnaliséyou will have customized
il/elleil/elle aura personnaliséhe/she/it will have customized
nousnous aurons personnaliséwe will have customized
vousvous aurez personnaliséyou (pl.) will have customized
ils/ellesils/elles auront personnaliséthey will have customized

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
jepersonnalise
tupersonnalises
il/ellepersonnalise
nouspersonnalisions
vouspersonnalisiez
ils/ellespersonnalisent

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
jepersonnalisasse
tupersonnalisasses
il/ellepersonnalisât
nouspersonnalisassions
vouspersonnalisassiez
ils/ellespersonnalisassent

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
tupersonnalise
nouspersonnalisons
vouspersonnalisez