s'inspirer — French conjugation

to draw inspiration from (s'inspirer de)

RegularReflexiveinspirer → s'inspirer

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'inspire
tut'inspires
il/elles'inspire
nousnous inspirons
vousvous inspirez
ils/elless'inspirent

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'inspirai
tut'inspiras
il/elles'inspira
nousnous inspirâmes
vousvous inspirâtes
ils/elless'inspirèrent

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'inspirais
tut'inspirais
il/elles'inspirait
nousnous inspirions
vousvous inspiriez
ils/elless'inspiraient

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'inspirerais
tut'inspirerais
il/elles'inspirerait
nousnous inspirerions
vousvous inspireriez
ils/elless'inspireraient

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'inspirerai
tut'inspireras
il/elles'inspirera
nousnous inspirerons
vousvous inspirerez
ils/elless'inspireront

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'inspire
tut'inspires
il/elles'inspire
nousnous inspirions
vousvous inspiriez
ils/elless'inspirent

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'inspirasse
tut'inspirasses
il/elles'inspirât
nousnous inspirassions
vousvous inspirassiez
ils/elless'inspirassent