récompenser — French conjugation

to reward

Frequency#642Regular

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
jerécompenseI reward
turécompensesyou reward
il/ellerécompensehe/she/it rewards
nousrécompensonswe reward
vousrécompensezyou (pl.) reward
ils/ellesrécompensentthey reward

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
jerécompensaiI rewarded
turécompensasyou rewarded
il/ellerécompensahe/she/it rewarded
nousrécompensâmeswe rewarded
vousrécompensâtesyou (pl.) rewarded
ils/ellesrécompensèrentthey rewarded

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
jerécompensais
turécompensais
il/ellerécompensait
nousrécompensions
vousrécompensiez
ils/ellesrécompensaient

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
jerécompenseraisI would reward
turécompenseraisyou would reward
il/ellerécompenseraithe/she/it would reward
nousrécompenserionswe would reward
vousrécompenseriezyou (pl.) would reward
ils/ellesrécompenseraientthey would reward

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
jerécompenseraiI will reward
turécompenserasyou will reward
il/ellerécompenserahe/she/it will reward
nousrécompenseronswe will reward
vousrécompenserezyou (pl.) will reward
ils/ellesrécompenserontthey will reward

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 récompenséI have rewarded
tutu as récompenséyou have rewarded
il/elleil/elle a récompenséhe/she/it has rewarded
nousnous avons récompenséwe have rewarded
vousvous avez récompenséyou (pl.) have rewarded
ils/ellesils/elles ont récompenséthey have rewarded

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 récompenséI had rewarded
tutu avais récompenséyou had rewarded
il/elleil/elle avait récompenséhe/she/it had rewarded
nousnous avions récompenséwe had rewarded
vousvous aviez récompenséyou (pl.) had rewarded
ils/ellesils/elles avaient récompenséthey had rewarded

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

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 récompenséI will have rewarded
tutu auras récompenséyou will have rewarded
il/elleil/elle aura récompenséhe/she/it will have rewarded
nousnous aurons récompenséwe will have rewarded
vousvous aurez récompenséyou (pl.) will have rewarded
ils/ellesils/elles auront récompenséthey will have rewarded

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
jerécompense
turécompenses
il/ellerécompense
nousrécompensions
vousrécompensiez
ils/ellesrécompensent

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
jerécompensasse
turécompensasses
il/ellerécompensât
nousrécompensassions
vousrécompensassiez
ils/ellesrécompensassent

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
turécompense
nousrécompensons
vousrécompensez