s'améliorer — French conjugation

to improve oneself

RegularReflexiveaméliorer → s'améliorer

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'améliore
tut'améliores
il/elles'améliore
nousnous améliorons
vousvous améliorez
ils/elless'améliorent

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'améliorai
tut'amélioras
il/elles'améliora
nousnous améliorâmes
vousvous améliorâtes
ils/elless'améliorèrent

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'améliorais
tut'améliorais
il/elles'améliorait
nousnous améliorions
vousvous amélioriez
ils/elless'amélioraient

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'améliorerais
tut'améliorerais
il/elles'améliorerait
nousnous améliorerions
vousvous amélioreriez
ils/elless'amélioreraient

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'améliorerai
tut'amélioreras
il/elles'améliorera
nousnous améliorerons
vousvous améliorerez
ils/elless'amélioreront

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'améliore
tut'améliores
il/elles'améliore
nousnous améliorions
vousvous amélioriez
ils/elless'améliorent

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'améliorasse
tut'améliorasses
il/elles'améliorât
nousnous améliorassions
vousvous améliorassiez
ils/elless'améliorassent