réinventer — French conjugation

to reinvent

Frequency#929Regular

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
jeréinventeI reinvent
turéinventesyou reinvent
il/elleréinventehe/she/it reinvents
nousréinventonswe reinvent
vousréinventezyou (pl.) reinvent
ils/ellesréinvententthey reinvent

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
jeréinventaiI reinvented
turéinventasyou reinvented
il/elleréinventahe/she/it reinvented
nousréinventâmeswe reinvented
vousréinventâtesyou (pl.) reinvented
ils/ellesréinventèrentthey reinvented

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
jeréinventais
turéinventais
il/elleréinventait
nousréinventions
vousréinventiez
ils/ellesréinventaient

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
jeréinventeraisI would reinvent
turéinventeraisyou would reinvent
il/elleréinventeraithe/she/it would reinvent
nousréinventerionswe would reinvent
vousréinventeriezyou (pl.) would reinvent
ils/ellesréinventeraientthey would reinvent

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
jeréinventeraiI will reinvent
turéinventerasyou will reinvent
il/elleréinventerahe/she/it will reinvent
nousréinventeronswe will reinvent
vousréinventerezyou (pl.) will reinvent
ils/ellesréinventerontthey will reinvent

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 réinventéI have reinvented
tutu as réinventéyou have reinvented
il/elleil/elle a réinventéhe/she/it has reinvented
nousnous avons réinventéwe have reinvented
vousvous avez réinventéyou (pl.) have reinvented
ils/ellesils/elles ont réinventéthey have reinvented

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 réinventéI had reinvented
tutu avais réinventéyou had reinvented
il/elleil/elle avait réinventéhe/she/it had reinvented
nousnous avions réinventéwe had reinvented
vousvous aviez réinventéyou (pl.) had reinvented
ils/ellesils/elles avaient réinventéthey had reinvented

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

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 réinventéI will have reinvented
tutu auras réinventéyou will have reinvented
il/elleil/elle aura réinventéhe/she/it will have reinvented
nousnous aurons réinventéwe will have reinvented
vousvous aurez réinventéyou (pl.) will have reinvented
ils/ellesils/elles auront réinventéthey will have reinvented

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
jeréinvente
turéinventes
il/elleréinvente
nousréinventions
vousréinventiez
ils/ellesréinventent

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
jeréinventasse
turéinventasses
il/elleréinventât
nousréinventassions
vousréinventassiez
ils/ellesréinventassent

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
turéinvente
nousréinventons
vousréinventez