s'intensifier — French conjugation

to intensify

RegularReflexiveintensifier → s'intensifier

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'intensifie
tut'intensifies
il/elles'intensifie
nousnous intensifions
vousvous intensifiez
ils/elless'intensifient

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'intensifiai
tut'intensifias
il/elles'intensifia
nousnous intensifiâmes
vousvous intensifiâtes
ils/elless'intensifièrent

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'intensifiais
tut'intensifiais
il/elles'intensifiait
nousnous intensifiions
vousvous intensifiiez
ils/elless'intensifiaient

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'intensifierais
tut'intensifierais
il/elles'intensifierait
nousnous intensifierions
vousvous intensifieriez
ils/elless'intensifieraient

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'intensifierai
tut'intensifieras
il/elles'intensifiera
nousnous intensifierons
vousvous intensifierez
ils/elless'intensifieront

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'intensifie
tut'intensifies
il/elles'intensifie
nousnous intensifiions
vousvous intensifiiez
ils/elless'intensifient

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'intensifiasse
tut'intensifiasses
il/elles'intensifiât
nousnous intensifiassions
vousvous intensifiassiez
ils/elless'intensifiassent