regrouper — French conjugation

to regroup

Frequency#309Regular

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
jeregroupeI regroup
turegroupesyou regroup
il/elleregroupehe/she/it regroups
nousregrouponswe regroup
vousregroupezyou (pl.) regroup
ils/ellesregroupentthey regroup

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
jeregroupaiI regrouped
turegroupasyou regrouped
il/elleregroupahe/she/it regrouped
nousregroupâmeswe regrouped
vousregroupâtesyou (pl.) regrouped
ils/ellesregroupèrentthey regrouped

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
jeregroupais
turegroupais
il/elleregroupait
nousregroupions
vousregroupiez
ils/ellesregroupaient

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
jeregrouperaisI would regroup
turegrouperaisyou would regroup
il/elleregrouperaithe/she/it would regroup
nousregrouperionswe would regroup
vousregrouperiezyou (pl.) would regroup
ils/ellesregrouperaientthey would regroup

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
jeregrouperaiI will regroup
turegrouperasyou will regroup
il/elleregrouperahe/she/it will regroup
nousregrouperonswe will regroup
vousregrouperezyou (pl.) will regroup
ils/ellesregrouperontthey will regroup

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 regroupéI have regrouped
tutu as regroupéyou have regrouped
il/elleil/elle a regroupéhe/she/it has regrouped
nousnous avons regroupéwe have regrouped
vousvous avez regroupéyou (pl.) have regrouped
ils/ellesils/elles ont regroupéthey have regrouped

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 regroupéI had regrouped
tutu avais regroupéyou had regrouped
il/elleil/elle avait regroupéhe/she/it had regrouped
nousnous avions regroupéwe had regrouped
vousvous aviez regroupéyou (pl.) had regrouped
ils/ellesils/elles avaient regroupéthey had regrouped

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

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 regroupéI will have regrouped
tutu auras regroupéyou will have regrouped
il/elleil/elle aura regroupéhe/she/it will have regrouped
nousnous aurons regroupéwe will have regrouped
vousvous aurez regroupéyou (pl.) will have regrouped
ils/ellesils/elles auront regroupéthey will have regrouped

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
jeregroupe
turegroupes
il/elleregroupe
nousregroupions
vousregroupiez
ils/ellesregroupent

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
jeregroupasse
turegroupasses
il/elleregroupât
nousregroupassions
vousregroupassiez
ils/ellesregroupassent

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
turegroupe
nousregroupons
vousregroupez