remporter — French conjugation

to win

Frequency#716Regular

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
jeremporteI win
turemportesyou win
il/elleremportehe/she/it wins
nousremportonswe win
vousremportezyou (pl.) win
ils/ellesremportentthey win

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
jeremportaiI won
turemportasyou won
il/elleremportahe/she/it won
nousremportâmeswe won
vousremportâtesyou (pl.) won
ils/ellesremportèrentthey won

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
jeremportais
turemportais
il/elleremportait
nousremportions
vousremportiez
ils/ellesremportaient

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
jeremporteraisI would win
turemporteraisyou would win
il/elleremporteraithe/she/it would win
nousremporterionswe would win
vousremporteriezyou (pl.) would win
ils/ellesremporteraientthey would win

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
jeremporteraiI will win
turemporterasyou will win
il/elleremporterahe/she/it will win
nousremporteronswe will win
vousremporterezyou (pl.) will win
ils/ellesremporterontthey will win

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 remportéI have won
tutu as remportéyou have won
il/elleil/elle a remportéhe/she/it has won
nousnous avons remportéwe have won
vousvous avez remportéyou (pl.) have won
ils/ellesils/elles ont remportéthey have won

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 remportéI had won
tutu avais remportéyou had won
il/elleil/elle avait remportéhe/she/it had won
nousnous avions remportéwe had won
vousvous aviez remportéyou (pl.) had won
ils/ellesils/elles avaient remportéthey had won

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

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 remportéI will have won
tutu auras remportéyou will have won
il/elleil/elle aura remportéhe/she/it will have won
nousnous aurons remportéwe will have won
vousvous aurez remportéyou (pl.) will have won
ils/ellesils/elles auront remportéthey will have won

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
jeremporte
turemportes
il/elleremporte
nousremportions
vousremportiez
ils/ellesremportent

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
jeremportasse
turemportasses
il/elleremportât
nousremportassions
vousremportassiez
ils/ellesremportassent

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
turemporte
nousremportons
vousremportez