s'assurer — French conjugation

to make sure (s'assurer que)

RegularReflexiveassurer → s'assurer

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'assure
tut'assures
il/elles'assure
nousnous assurons
vousvous assurez
ils/elless'assurent

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'assurai
tut'assuras
il/elles'assura
nousnous assurâmes
vousvous assurâtes
ils/elless'assurèrent

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'assurais
tut'assurais
il/elles'assurait
nousnous assurions
vousvous assuriez
ils/elless'assuraient

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'assurerais
tut'assurerais
il/elles'assurerait
nousnous assurerions
vousvous assureriez
ils/elless'assureraient

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'assurerai
tut'assureras
il/elles'assurera
nousnous assurerons
vousvous assurerez
ils/elless'assureront

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'assure
tut'assures
il/elles'assure
nousnous assurions
vousvous assuriez
ils/elless'assurent

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'assurasse
tut'assurasses
il/elles'assurât
nousnous assurassions
vousvous assurassiez
ils/elless'assurassent