ranimer — French conjugation

to revive

Frequency#1933Regular

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
jeranimeI revive
turanimesyou revive
il/elleranimehe/she/it revives
nousranimonswe revive
vousranimezyou (pl.) revive
ils/ellesranimentthey revive

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
jeranimaiI revived
turanimasyou revived
il/elleranimahe/she/it revived
nousranimâmeswe revived
vousranimâtesyou (pl.) revived
ils/ellesranimèrentthey revived

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
jeranimais
turanimais
il/elleranimait
nousranimions
vousranimiez
ils/ellesranimaient

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
jeranimeraisI would revive
turanimeraisyou would revive
il/elleranimeraithe/she/it would revive
nousranimerionswe would revive
vousranimeriezyou (pl.) would revive
ils/ellesranimeraientthey would revive

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
jeranimeraiI will revive
turanimerasyou will revive
il/elleranimerahe/she/it will revive
nousranimeronswe will revive
vousranimerezyou (pl.) will revive
ils/ellesranimerontthey will revive

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 raniméI have revived
tutu as raniméyou have revived
il/elleil/elle a raniméhe/she/it has revived
nousnous avons raniméwe have revived
vousvous avez raniméyou (pl.) have revived
ils/ellesils/elles ont raniméthey have revived

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 raniméI had revived
tutu avais raniméyou had revived
il/elleil/elle avait raniméhe/she/it had revived
nousnous avions raniméwe had revived
vousvous aviez raniméyou (pl.) had revived
ils/ellesils/elles avaient raniméthey had revived

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

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 raniméI will have revived
tutu auras raniméyou will have revived
il/elleil/elle aura raniméhe/she/it will have revived
nousnous aurons raniméwe will have revived
vousvous aurez raniméyou (pl.) will have revived
ils/ellesils/elles auront raniméthey will have revived

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
jeranime
turanimes
il/elleranime
nousranimions
vousranimiez
ils/ellesraniment

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
jeranimasse
turanimasses
il/elleranimât
nousranimassions
vousranimassiez
ils/ellesranimassent

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
turanime
nousranimons
vousranimez