sangler — French conjugation

to strap

Frequency#424Regular

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jesangleI strap
tusanglesyou strap
il/ellesanglehe/she/it straps
noussanglonswe strap
voussanglezyou (pl.) strap
ils/ellessanglentthey strap

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jesanglaiI strapped
tusanglasyou strapped
il/ellesanglahe/she/it strapped
noussanglâmeswe strapped
voussanglâtesyou (pl.) strapped
ils/ellessanglèrentthey strapped

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
jesanglais
tusanglais
il/ellesanglait
noussanglions
voussangliez
ils/ellessanglaient

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 ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jesangleraisI would strap
tusangleraisyou would strap
il/ellesangleraithe/she/it would strap
noussanglerionswe would strap
voussangleriezyou (pl.) would strap
ils/ellessangleraientthey would strap

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.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jesangleraiI will strap
tusanglerasyou will strap
il/ellesanglerahe/she/it will strap
noussangleronswe will strap
voussanglerezyou (pl.) will strap
ils/ellessanglerontthey will strap

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai sangléI have strapped
tutu as sangléyou have strapped
il/elleil/elle a sangléhe/she/it has strapped
nousnous avons sangléwe have strapped
vousvous avez sangléyou (pl.) have strapped
ils/ellesils/elles ont sangléthey have strapped

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais sangléI had strapped
tutu avais sangléyou had strapped
il/elleil/elle avait sangléhe/she/it had strapped
nousnous avions sangléwe had strapped
vousvous aviez sangléyou (pl.) had strapped
ils/ellesils/elles avaient sangléthey had strapped

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais sanglé
tutu aurais sanglé
il/elleil/elle aurait sanglé
nousnous aurions sanglé
vousvous auriez sanglé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient sanglé

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai sangléI will have strapped
tutu auras sangléyou will have strapped
il/elleil/elle aura sangléhe/she/it will have strapped
nousnous aurons sangléwe will have strapped
vousvous aurez sangléyou (pl.) will have strapped
ils/ellesils/elles auront sangléthey will have strapped

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
jesangle
tusangles
il/ellesangle
noussanglions
voussangliez
ils/ellessanglent

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
jesanglasse
tusanglasses
il/ellesanglât
noussanglassions
voussanglassiez
ils/ellessanglassent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tusangle
noussanglons
voussanglez