ronfler — French conjugation

to snore

Frequency#1165Regular

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
jeronfleI snore
turonflesyou snore
il/elleronflehe/she/it snores
nousronflonswe snore
vousronflezyou (pl.) snore
ils/ellesronflentthey snore

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
jeronflaiI snored
turonflasyou snored
il/elleronflahe/she/it snored
nousronflâmeswe snored
vousronflâtesyou (pl.) snored
ils/ellesronflèrentthey snored

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
jeronflais
turonflais
il/elleronflait
nousronflions
vousronfliez
ils/ellesronflaient

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
jeronfleraisI would snore
turonfleraisyou would snore
il/elleronfleraithe/she/it would snore
nousronflerionswe would snore
vousronfleriezyou (pl.) would snore
ils/ellesronfleraientthey would snore

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
jeronfleraiI will snore
turonflerasyou will snore
il/elleronflerahe/she/it will snore
nousronfleronswe will snore
vousronflerezyou (pl.) will snore
ils/ellesronflerontthey will snore

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 ronfléI have snored
tutu as ronfléyou have snored
il/elleil/elle a ronfléhe/she/it has snored
nousnous avons ronfléwe have snored
vousvous avez ronfléyou (pl.) have snored
ils/ellesils/elles ont ronfléthey have snored

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 ronfléI had snored
tutu avais ronfléyou had snored
il/elleil/elle avait ronfléhe/she/it had snored
nousnous avions ronfléwe had snored
vousvous aviez ronfléyou (pl.) had snored
ils/ellesils/elles avaient ronfléthey had snored

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

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 ronfléI will have snored
tutu auras ronfléyou will have snored
il/elleil/elle aura ronfléhe/she/it will have snored
nousnous aurons ronfléwe will have snored
vousvous aurez ronfléyou (pl.) will have snored
ils/ellesils/elles auront ronfléthey will have snored

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
jeronfle
turonfles
il/elleronfle
nousronflions
vousronfliez
ils/ellesronflent

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
jeronflasse
turonflasses
il/elleronflât
nousronflassions
vousronflassiez
ils/ellesronflassent

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
turonfle
nousronflons
vousronflez