s'abuser — French conjugation

to be mistaken (si je ne m'abuse)

RegularReflexiveabuser → s'abuser

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
jem'abuse
tut'abuses
il/elles'abuse
nousnous abusons
vousvous abusez
ils/elless'abusent

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
jem'abusai
tut'abusas
il/elles'abusa
nousnous abusâmes
vousvous abusâtes
ils/elless'abusèrent

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
jem'abusais
tut'abusais
il/elles'abusait
nousnous abusions
vousvous abusiez
ils/elless'abusaient

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
jem'abuserais
tut'abuserais
il/elles'abuserait
nousnous abuserions
vousvous abuseriez
ils/elless'abuseraient

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
jem'abuserai
tut'abuseras
il/elles'abusera
nousnous abuserons
vousvous abuserez
ils/elless'abuseront

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
jem'abuse
tut'abuses
il/elles'abuse
nousnous abusions
vousvous abusiez
ils/elless'abusent

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
jem'abusasse
tut'abusasses
il/elles'abusât
nousnous abusassions
vousvous abusassiez
ils/elless'abusassent