refiler — French conjugation

to pass on again

Frequency#21Regular

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.

PronounFrench
jerefile
turefiles
il/ellerefile
nousrefilons
vousrefilez
ils/ellesrefilent

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.

PronounFrench
jerefilai
turefilas
il/ellerefila
nousrefilâmes
vousrefilâtes
ils/ellesrefilèrent

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
jerefilais
turefilais
il/ellerefilait
nousrefilions
vousrefiliez
ils/ellesrefilaient

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 ?

PronounFrench
jerefilerais
turefilerais
il/ellerefilerait
nousrefilerions
vousrefileriez
ils/ellesrefileraient

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.

PronounFrench
jerefilerai
turefileras
il/ellerefilera
nousrefilerons
vousrefilerez
ils/ellesrefileront

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.

PronounFrench
jej'ai refilé
tutu as refilé
il/elleil/elle a refilé
nousnous avons refilé
vousvous avez refilé
ils/ellesils/elles ont refilé

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.

PronounFrench
jej'avais refilé
tutu avais refilé
il/elleil/elle avait refilé
nousnous avions refilé
vousvous aviez refilé
ils/ellesils/elles avaient refilé

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

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.

PronounFrench
jej'aurai refilé
tutu auras refilé
il/elleil/elle aura refilé
nousnous aurons refilé
vousvous aurez refilé
ils/ellesils/elles auront refilé

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
jerefile
turefiles
il/ellerefile
nousrefilions
vousrefiliez
ils/ellesrefilent

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
jerefilasse
turefilasses
il/ellerefilât
nousrefilassions
vousrefilassiez
ils/ellesrefilassent

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
turefile
nousrefilons
vousrefilez