s'habiller — French conjugation

to get dressed

RegularReflexivehabiller → s'habiller

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'habille
tut'habilles
il/elles'habille
nousnous habillons
vousvous habillez
ils/elless'habillent

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'habillai
tut'habillas
il/elles'habilla
nousnous habillâmes
vousvous habillâtes
ils/elless'habillèrent

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'habillais
tut'habillais
il/elles'habillait
nousnous habillions
vousvous habilliez
ils/elless'habillaient

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'habillerais
tut'habillerais
il/elles'habillerait
nousnous habillerions
vousvous habilleriez
ils/elless'habilleraient

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'habillerai
tut'habilleras
il/elles'habillera
nousnous habillerons
vousvous habillerez
ils/elless'habilleront

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'habille
tut'habilles
il/elles'habille
nousnous habillions
vousvous habilliez
ils/elless'habillent

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'habillasse
tut'habillasses
il/elles'habillât
nousnous habillassions
vousvous habillassiez
ils/elless'habillassent