retraire — French conjugation
to retract
Indicative
Present (Présent) Irregular
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 | retrais | I retract |
| tu | retrais | you retract |
| il/elle | retrait | he/she/it retracts |
| nous | retrayons | we retract |
| vous | retrayez | you (pl.) retract |
| ils/elles | retraient | they retract |
Imperfect (Imparfait) Irregular
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 | retrayais |
| tu | retrayais |
| il/elle | retrayait |
| nous | retrayions |
| vous | retrayiez |
| ils/elles | retrayaient |
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 | retrairais | I would retract |
| tu | retrairais | you would retract |
| il/elle | retrairait | he/she/it would retract |
| nous | retrairions | we would retract |
| vous | retrairiez | you (pl.) would retract |
| ils/elles | retrairaient | they would retract |
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 | retrairai | I will retract |
| tu | retrairas | you will retract |
| il/elle | retraira | he/she/it will retract |
| nous | retrairons | we will retract |
| vous | retrairez | you (pl.) will retract |
| ils/elles | retrairont | they will retract |
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 retrait | I have retracted |
| tu | tu as retrait | you have retracted |
| il/elle | il/elle a retrait | he/she/it has retracted |
| nous | nous avons retrait | we have retracted |
| vous | vous avez retrait | you (pl.) have retracted |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont retrait | they have retracted |
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 retrait | I had retracted |
| tu | tu avais retrait | you had retracted |
| il/elle | il/elle avait retrait | he/she/it had retracted |
| nous | nous avions retrait | we had retracted |
| vous | vous aviez retrait | you (pl.) had retracted |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient retrait | they had retracted |
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 retrait |
| tu | tu aurais retrait |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait retrait |
| nous | nous aurions retrait |
| vous | vous auriez retrait |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient retrait |
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 retrait | I will have retracted |
| tu | tu auras retrait | you will have retracted |
| il/elle | il/elle aura retrait | he/she/it will have retracted |
| nous | nous aurons retrait | we will have retracted |
| vous | vous aurez retrait | you (pl.) will have retracted |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront retrait | they will have retracted |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Irregular
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 | retraie |
| tu | retraies |
| il/elle | retraie |
| nous | retrayions |
| vous | retrayiez |
| ils/elles | retraient |
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 | retrais |
| nous | retrayons |
| vous | retrayez |