rassurer — French conjugation

to reassure

Frequency#75RegularReflexivese rassurer — to reassure 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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jerassureI reassure
turassuresyou reassure
il/ellerassurehe/she/it reassures
nousrassuronswe reassure
vousrassurezyou (pl.) reassure
ils/ellesrassurentthey reassure

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
jerassuraiI reassured
turassurasyou reassured
il/ellerassurahe/she/it reassured
nousrassurâmeswe reassured
vousrassurâtesyou (pl.) reassured
ils/ellesrassurèrentthey reassured

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
jerassurais
turassurais
il/ellerassurait
nousrassurions
vousrassuriez
ils/ellesrassuraient

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
jerassureraisI would reassure
turassureraisyou would reassure
il/ellerassureraithe/she/it would reassure
nousrassurerionswe would reassure
vousrassureriezyou (pl.) would reassure
ils/ellesrassureraientthey would reassure

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
jerassureraiI will reassure
turassurerasyou will reassure
il/ellerassurerahe/she/it will reassure
nousrassureronswe will reassure
vousrassurerezyou (pl.) will reassure
ils/ellesrassurerontthey will reassure

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 rassuréI have reassured
tutu as rassuréyou have reassured
il/elleil/elle a rassuréhe/she/it has reassured
nousnous avons rassuréwe have reassured
vousvous avez rassuréyou (pl.) have reassured
ils/ellesils/elles ont rassuréthey have reassured

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 rassuréI had reassured
tutu avais rassuréyou had reassured
il/elleil/elle avait rassuréhe/she/it had reassured
nousnous avions rassuréwe had reassured
vousvous aviez rassuréyou (pl.) had reassured
ils/ellesils/elles avaient rassuréthey had reassured

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

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 rassuréI will have reassured
tutu auras rassuréyou will have reassured
il/elleil/elle aura rassuréhe/she/it will have reassured
nousnous aurons rassuréwe will have reassured
vousvous aurez rassuréyou (pl.) will have reassured
ils/ellesils/elles auront rassuréthey will have reassured

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
jerassure
turassures
il/ellerassure
nousrassurions
vousrassuriez
ils/ellesrassurent

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
jerassurasse
turassurasses
il/ellerassurât
nousrassurassions
vousrassurassiez
ils/ellesrassurassent

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
turassure
nousrassurons
vousrassurez