renommer — French conjugation
to rename
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | renomme | I rename |
| tu | renommes | you rename |
| il/elle | renomme | he/she/it renames |
| nous | renommons | we rename |
| vous | renommez | you (pl.) rename |
| ils/elles | renomment | they rename |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | renommai | I renamed |
| tu | renommas | you renamed |
| il/elle | renomma | he/she/it renamed |
| nous | renommâmes | we renamed |
| vous | renommâtes | you (pl.) renamed |
| ils/elles | renommèrent | they renamed |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | renommais |
| tu | renommais |
| il/elle | renommait |
| nous | renommions |
| vous | renommiez |
| ils/elles | renommaient |
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 ?
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | renommerais | I would rename |
| tu | renommerais | you would rename |
| il/elle | renommerait | he/she/it would rename |
| nous | renommerions | we would rename |
| vous | renommeriez | you (pl.) would rename |
| ils/elles | renommeraient | they would rename |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | renommerai | I will rename |
| tu | renommeras | you will rename |
| il/elle | renommera | he/she/it will rename |
| nous | renommerons | we will rename |
| vous | renommerez | you (pl.) will rename |
| ils/elles | renommeront | they will rename |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'ai renommé | I have renamed |
| tu | tu as renommé | you have renamed |
| il/elle | il/elle a renommé | he/she/it has renamed |
| nous | nous avons renommé | we have renamed |
| vous | vous avez renommé | you (pl.) have renamed |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont renommé | they have renamed |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'avais renommé | I had renamed |
| tu | tu avais renommé | you had renamed |
| il/elle | il/elle avait renommé | he/she/it had renamed |
| nous | nous avions renommé | we had renamed |
| vous | vous aviez renommé | you (pl.) had renamed |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient renommé | they had renamed |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | j'aurais renommé |
| tu | tu aurais renommé |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait renommé |
| nous | nous aurions renommé |
| vous | vous auriez renommé |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient renommé |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'aurai renommé | I will have renamed |
| tu | tu auras renommé | you will have renamed |
| il/elle | il/elle aura renommé | he/she/it will have renamed |
| nous | nous aurons renommé | we will have renamed |
| vous | vous aurez renommé | you (pl.) will have renamed |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront renommé | they will have renamed |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | renomme |
| tu | renommes |
| il/elle | renomme |
| nous | renommions |
| vous | renommiez |
| ils/elles | renomment |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | renommasse |
| tu | renommasses |
| il/elle | renommât |
| nous | renommassions |
| vous | renommassiez |
| ils/elles | renommassent |
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 !
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| tu | renomme |
| nous | renommons |
| vous | renommez |