rallier — French conjugation

to rally (group or bring together)

Frequency#581Regular

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
jerallieI rally
turalliesyou rally
il/elleralliehe/she/it rallies
nousrallionswe rally
vousralliezyou (pl.) rally
ils/ellesrallientthey rally

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
jeralliaiI rallied
turalliasyou rallied
il/elleralliahe/she/it rallied
nousralliâmeswe rallied
vousralliâtesyou (pl.) rallied
ils/ellesrallièrentthey rallied

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
jeralliais
turalliais
il/elleralliait
nousralliions
vousralliiez
ils/ellesralliaient

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
jerallieraisI would rally
turallieraisyou would rally
il/ellerallieraithe/she/it would rally
nousrallierionswe would rally
vousrallieriezyou (pl.) would rally
ils/ellesrallieraientthey would rally

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
jerallieraiI will rally
turallierasyou will rally
il/ellerallierahe/she/it will rally
nousrallieronswe will rally
vousrallierezyou (pl.) will rally
ils/ellesrallierontthey will rally

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 ralliéI have rallied
tutu as ralliéyou have rallied
il/elleil/elle a ralliéhe/she/it has rallied
nousnous avons ralliéwe have rallied
vousvous avez ralliéyou (pl.) have rallied
ils/ellesils/elles ont ralliéthey have rallied

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 ralliéI had rallied
tutu avais ralliéyou had rallied
il/elleil/elle avait ralliéhe/she/it had rallied
nousnous avions ralliéwe had rallied
vousvous aviez ralliéyou (pl.) had rallied
ils/ellesils/elles avaient ralliéthey had rallied

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

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 ralliéI will have rallied
tutu auras ralliéyou will have rallied
il/elleil/elle aura ralliéhe/she/it will have rallied
nousnous aurons ralliéwe will have rallied
vousvous aurez ralliéyou (pl.) will have rallied
ils/ellesils/elles auront ralliéthey will have rallied

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
jerallie
turallies
il/ellerallie
nousralliions
vousralliiez
ils/ellesrallient

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
jeralliasse
turalliasses
il/elleralliât
nousralliassions
vousralliassiez
ils/ellesralliassent

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
turallie
nousrallions
vousralliez