s'adapter — French conjugation

to adapt oneself

RegularReflexiveadapter → s'adapter

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'adapte
tut'adaptes
il/elles'adapte
nousnous adaptons
vousvous adaptez
ils/elless'adaptent

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'adaptai
tut'adaptas
il/elles'adapta
nousnous adaptâmes
vousvous adaptâtes
ils/elless'adaptèrent

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'adaptais
tut'adaptais
il/elles'adaptait
nousnous adaptions
vousvous adaptiez
ils/elless'adaptaient

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'adapterais
tut'adapterais
il/elles'adapterait
nousnous adapterions
vousvous adapteriez
ils/elless'adapteraient

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'adapterai
tut'adapteras
il/elles'adaptera
nousnous adapterons
vousvous adapterez
ils/elless'adapteront

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'adapte
tut'adaptes
il/elles'adapte
nousnous adaptions
vousvous adaptiez
ils/elless'adaptent

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'adaptasse
tut'adaptasses
il/elles'adaptât
nousnous adaptassions
vousvous adaptassiez
ils/elless'adaptassent