réélire — French conjugation

to re-elect

Frequency#991Irregular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Irregular

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
jeréélisI re-elect
turéélisyou re-elect
il/elleréélithe/she/it re-elects
nousréélisonswe re-elect
vousréélisezyou (pl.) re-elect
ils/ellesréélisentthey re-elect

Simple past (Passé simple) Irregular

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
jeréélusI re-elected
turéélusyou re-elected
il/ellerééluthe/she/it re-elected
nousréélûmeswe re-elected
vousréélûtesyou (pl.) re-elected
ils/ellesréélurentthey re-elected

Imperfect (Imparfait) Irregular

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
jeréélisais
turéélisais
il/elleréélisait
nousréélisions
vousréélisiez
ils/ellesréélisaient

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
jerééliraisI would re-elect
turééliraisyou would re-elect
il/ellerééliraithe/she/it would re-elect
nousréélirionswe would re-elect
vousrééliriezyou (pl.) would re-elect
ils/ellesrééliraientthey would re-elect

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
jerééliraiI will re-elect
turéélirasyou will re-elect
il/elleréélirahe/she/it will re-elect
nousréélironswe will re-elect
vousréélirezyou (pl.) will re-elect
ils/ellesréélirontthey will re-elect

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 rééluI have re-elected
tutu as rééluyou have re-elected
il/elleil/elle a rééluhe/she/it has re-elected
nousnous avons rééluwe have re-elected
vousvous avez rééluyou (pl.) have re-elected
ils/ellesils/elles ont rééluthey have re-elected

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 rééluI had re-elected
tutu avais rééluyou had re-elected
il/elleil/elle avait rééluhe/she/it had re-elected
nousnous avions rééluwe had re-elected
vousvous aviez rééluyou (pl.) had re-elected
ils/ellesils/elles avaient rééluthey had re-elected

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

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 rééluI will have re-elected
tutu auras rééluyou will have re-elected
il/elleil/elle aura rééluhe/she/it will have re-elected
nousnous aurons rééluwe will have re-elected
vousvous aurez rééluyou (pl.) will have re-elected
ils/ellesils/elles auront rééluthey will have re-elected

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Irregular

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
jeréélise
turéélises
il/elleréélise
nousréélisions
vousréélisiez
ils/ellesréélisent

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
jeréélusse
turéélusses
il/elleréélût
nousréélussions
vousréélussiez
ils/ellesréélussent

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
turéélis
nousréélisons
vousréélisez