s'accuser — French conjugation

to accuse oneself

RegularReflexiveaccuser → s'accuser

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'accuse
tut'accuses
il/elles'accuse
nousnous accusons
vousvous accusez
ils/elless'accusent

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'accusai
tut'accusas
il/elles'accusa
nousnous accusâmes
vousvous accusâtes
ils/elless'accusèrent

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'accusais
tut'accusais
il/elles'accusait
nousnous accusions
vousvous accusiez
ils/elless'accusaient

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'accuserais
tut'accuserais
il/elles'accuserait
nousnous accuserions
vousvous accuseriez
ils/elless'accuseraient

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'accuserai
tut'accuseras
il/elles'accusera
nousnous accuserons
vousvous accuserez
ils/elless'accuseront

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'accuse
tut'accuses
il/elles'accuse
nousnous accusions
vousvous accusiez
ils/elless'accusent

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'accusasse
tut'accusasses
il/elles'accusât
nousnous accusassions
vousvous accusassiez
ils/elless'accusassent