recaler — French conjugation
to recalibrate
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | recale | I recalibrate |
| tu | recales | you recalibrate |
| il/elle | recale | he/she/it recalibrates |
| nous | recalons | we recalibrate |
| vous | recalez | you (pl.) recalibrate |
| ils/elles | recalent | they recalibrate |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | recalai | I recalibrated |
| tu | recalas | you recalibrated |
| il/elle | recala | he/she/it recalibrated |
| nous | recalâmes | we recalibrated |
| vous | recalâtes | you (pl.) recalibrated |
| ils/elles | recalèrent | they recalibrated |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | recalais |
| tu | recalais |
| il/elle | recalait |
| nous | recalions |
| vous | recaliez |
| ils/elles | recalaient |
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 ?
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | recalerais | I would recalibrate |
| tu | recalerais | you would recalibrate |
| il/elle | recalerait | he/she/it would recalibrate |
| nous | recalerions | we would recalibrate |
| vous | recaleriez | you (pl.) would recalibrate |
| ils/elles | recaleraient | they would recalibrate |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | recalerai | I will recalibrate |
| tu | recaleras | you will recalibrate |
| il/elle | recalera | he/she/it will recalibrate |
| nous | recalerons | we will recalibrate |
| vous | recalerez | you (pl.) will recalibrate |
| ils/elles | recaleront | they will recalibrate |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'ai recalé | I have recalibrated |
| tu | tu as recalé | you have recalibrated |
| il/elle | il/elle a recalé | he/she/it has recalibrated |
| nous | nous avons recalé | we have recalibrated |
| vous | vous avez recalé | you (pl.) have recalibrated |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont recalé | they have recalibrated |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'avais recalé | I had recalibrated |
| tu | tu avais recalé | you had recalibrated |
| il/elle | il/elle avait recalé | he/she/it had recalibrated |
| nous | nous avions recalé | we had recalibrated |
| vous | vous aviez recalé | you (pl.) had recalibrated |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient recalé | they had recalibrated |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | j'aurais recalé |
| tu | tu aurais recalé |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait recalé |
| nous | nous aurions recalé |
| vous | vous auriez recalé |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient recalé |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'aurai recalé | I will have recalibrated |
| tu | tu auras recalé | you will have recalibrated |
| il/elle | il/elle aura recalé | he/she/it will have recalibrated |
| nous | nous aurons recalé | we will have recalibrated |
| vous | vous aurez recalé | you (pl.) will have recalibrated |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront recalé | they will have recalibrated |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | recale |
| tu | recales |
| il/elle | recale |
| nous | recalions |
| vous | recaliez |
| ils/elles | recalent |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | recalasse |
| tu | recalasses |
| il/elle | recalât |
| nous | recalassions |
| vous | recalassiez |
| ils/elles | recalassent |
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 !
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| tu | recale |
| nous | recalons |
| vous | recalez |