revoir — French conjugation

to see again

Frequency#161RegularReflexivese revoir — to see each other again

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.

PronounFrench
jerevois
turevois
il/ellerevoit
nousrevoyons
vousrevoyez
ils/ellesrevoient

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.

PronounFrench
jerevis
turevis
il/ellerevit
nousrevîmes
vousrevîtes
ils/ellesrevirent

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
jerevoyais
turevoyais
il/ellerevoyait
nousrevoyions
vousrevoyiez
ils/ellesrevoyaient

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 ?

PronounFrench
jereverrais
tureverrais
il/ellereverrait
nousreverrions
vousreverriez
ils/ellesreverraient

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.

PronounFrench
jereverrai
tureverras
il/ellereverra
nousreverrons
vousreverrez
ils/ellesreverront

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.

PronounFrench
jej'ai revu
tutu as revu
il/elleil/elle a revu
nousnous avons revu
vousvous avez revu
ils/ellesils/elles ont revu

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.

PronounFrench
jej'avais revu
tutu avais revu
il/elleil/elle avait revu
nousnous avions revu
vousvous aviez revu
ils/ellesils/elles avaient revu

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

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.

PronounFrench
jej'aurai revu
tutu auras revu
il/elleil/elle aura revu
nousnous aurons revu
vousvous aurez revu
ils/ellesils/elles auront revu

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
jerevoie
turevoies
il/ellerevoie
nousrevoyions
vousrevoyiez
ils/ellesrevoient

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
jerevisse
turevisses
il/ellerevît
nousrevissions
vousrevissiez
ils/ellesrevissent

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
turevois
nousrevoyons
vousrevoyez