réunir — French conjugation

to reunite

Frequency#479RegularReflexivese réunir — to meet, gather

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
jeréunisI reunite
turéunisyou reunite
il/elleréunithe/she/it reunites
nousréunissonswe reunite
vousréunissezyou (pl.) reunite
ils/ellesréunissentthey reunite

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
jeréunisI reunited
turéunisyou reunited
il/elleréunithe/she/it reunited
nousréunîmeswe reunited
vousréunîtesyou (pl.) reunited
ils/ellesréunirentthey reunited

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
jeréunissais
turéunissais
il/elleréunissait
nousréunissions
vousréunissiez
ils/ellesréunissaient

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
jeréuniraisI would reunite
turéuniraisyou would reunite
il/elleréuniraithe/she/it would reunite
nousréunirionswe would reunite
vousréuniriezyou (pl.) would reunite
ils/ellesréuniraientthey would reunite

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
jeréuniraiI will reunite
turéunirasyou will reunite
il/elleréunirahe/she/it will reunite
nousréunironswe will reunite
vousréunirezyou (pl.) will reunite
ils/ellesréunirontthey will reunite

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 réuniI have reunited
tutu as réuniyou have reunited
il/elleil/elle a réunihe/she/it has reunited
nousnous avons réuniwe have reunited
vousvous avez réuniyou (pl.) have reunited
ils/ellesils/elles ont réunithey have reunited

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 réuniI had reunited
tutu avais réuniyou had reunited
il/elleil/elle avait réunihe/she/it had reunited
nousnous avions réuniwe had reunited
vousvous aviez réuniyou (pl.) had reunited
ils/ellesils/elles avaient réunithey had reunited

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

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 réuniI will have reunited
tutu auras réuniyou will have reunited
il/elleil/elle aura réunihe/she/it will have reunited
nousnous aurons réuniwe will have reunited
vousvous aurez réuniyou (pl.) will have reunited
ils/ellesils/elles auront réunithey will have reunited

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
jeréunisse
turéunisses
il/elleréunisse
nousréunissions
vousréunissiez
ils/ellesréunissent

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
jeréunisse
turéunisses
il/elleréunît
nousréunissions
vousréunissiez
ils/ellesréunissent

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
turéunis
nousréunissons
vousréunissez