remédier — French conjugation

to remedy

Frequency#64Regular

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
jeremédieI remedy
turemédiesyou remedy
il/elleremédiehe/she/it remedies
nousremédionswe remedy
vousremédiezyou (pl.) remedy
ils/ellesremédientthey remedy

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
jeremédiaiI remedied
turemédiasyou remedied
il/elleremédiahe/she/it remedied
nousremédiâmeswe remedied
vousremédiâtesyou (pl.) remedied
ils/ellesremédièrentthey remedied

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
jeremédiais
turemédiais
il/elleremédiait
nousremédiions
vousremédiiez
ils/ellesremédiaient

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
jeremédieraisI would remedy
turemédieraisyou would remedy
il/elleremédieraithe/she/it would remedy
nousremédierionswe would remedy
vousremédieriezyou (pl.) would remedy
ils/ellesremédieraientthey would remedy

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
jeremédieraiI will remedy
turemédierasyou will remedy
il/elleremédierahe/she/it will remedy
nousremédieronswe will remedy
vousremédierezyou (pl.) will remedy
ils/ellesremédierontthey will remedy

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 remédiéI have remedied
tutu as remédiéyou have remedied
il/elleil/elle a remédiéhe/she/it has remedied
nousnous avons remédiéwe have remedied
vousvous avez remédiéyou (pl.) have remedied
ils/ellesils/elles ont remédiéthey have remedied

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 remédiéI had remedied
tutu avais remédiéyou had remedied
il/elleil/elle avait remédiéhe/she/it had remedied
nousnous avions remédiéwe had remedied
vousvous aviez remédiéyou (pl.) had remedied
ils/ellesils/elles avaient remédiéthey had remedied

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

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 remédiéI will have remedied
tutu auras remédiéyou will have remedied
il/elleil/elle aura remédiéhe/she/it will have remedied
nousnous aurons remédiéwe will have remedied
vousvous aurez remédiéyou (pl.) will have remedied
ils/ellesils/elles auront remédiéthey will have remedied

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
jeremédie
turemédies
il/elleremédie
nousremédiions
vousremédiiez
ils/ellesremédient

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
jeremédiasse
turemédiasses
il/elleremédiât
nousremédiassions
vousremédiassiez
ils/ellesremédiassent

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
turemédie
nousremédions
vousremédiez