prostituer — French conjugation

to prostitute oneself

Frequency#123RegularReflexivese prostituer — to prostitute oneself

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.

PronounFrench
jeprostitue
tuprostitues
il/elleprostitue
nousprostituons
vousprostituez
ils/ellesprostituent

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.

PronounFrench
jeprostituai
tuprostituas
il/elleprostitua
nousprostituâmes
vousprostituâtes
ils/ellesprostituèrent

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
jeprostituais
tuprostituais
il/elleprostituait
nousprostituions
vousprostituiez
ils/ellesprostituaient

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 ?

PronounFrench
jeprostituerais
tuprostituerais
il/elleprostituerait
nousprostituerions
vousprostitueriez
ils/ellesprostitueraient

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.

PronounFrench
jeprostituerai
tuprostitueras
il/elleprostituera
nousprostituerons
vousprostituerez
ils/ellesprostitueront

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.

PronounFrench
jej'ai prostitué
tutu as prostitué
il/elleil/elle a prostitué
nousnous avons prostitué
vousvous avez prostitué
ils/ellesils/elles ont prostitué

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.

PronounFrench
jej'avais prostitué
tutu avais prostitué
il/elleil/elle avait prostitué
nousnous avions prostitué
vousvous aviez prostitué
ils/ellesils/elles avaient prostitué

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

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.

PronounFrench
jej'aurai prostitué
tutu auras prostitué
il/elleil/elle aura prostitué
nousnous aurons prostitué
vousvous aurez prostitué
ils/ellesils/elles auront prostitué

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
jeprostitue
tuprostitues
il/elleprostitue
nousprostituions
vousprostituiez
ils/ellesprostituent

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
jeprostituasse
tuprostituasses
il/elleprostituât
nousprostituassions
vousprostituassiez
ils/ellesprostituassent

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
tuprostitue
nousprostituons
vousprostituez