sautiller — French conjugation
to hop (make small jumps)
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | sautille | I hop |
| tu | sautilles | you hop |
| il/elle | sautille | he/she/it hops |
| nous | sautillons | we hop |
| vous | sautillez | you (pl.) hop |
| ils/elles | sautillent | they hop |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | sautillai | I hopped |
| tu | sautillas | you hopped |
| il/elle | sautilla | he/she/it hopped |
| nous | sautillâmes | we hopped |
| vous | sautillâtes | you (pl.) hopped |
| ils/elles | sautillèrent | they hopped |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | sautillais |
| tu | sautillais |
| il/elle | sautillait |
| nous | sautillions |
| vous | sautilliez |
| ils/elles | sautillaient |
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 ?
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | sautillerais | I would hop |
| tu | sautillerais | you would hop |
| il/elle | sautillerait | he/she/it would hop |
| nous | sautillerions | we would hop |
| vous | sautilleriez | you (pl.) would hop |
| ils/elles | sautilleraient | they would hop |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | sautillerai | I will hop |
| tu | sautilleras | you will hop |
| il/elle | sautillera | he/she/it will hop |
| nous | sautillerons | we will hop |
| vous | sautillerez | you (pl.) will hop |
| ils/elles | sautilleront | they will hop |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'ai sautillé | I have hopped |
| tu | tu as sautillé | you have hopped |
| il/elle | il/elle a sautillé | he/she/it has hopped |
| nous | nous avons sautillé | we have hopped |
| vous | vous avez sautillé | you (pl.) have hopped |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont sautillé | they have hopped |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'avais sautillé | I had hopped |
| tu | tu avais sautillé | you had hopped |
| il/elle | il/elle avait sautillé | he/she/it had hopped |
| nous | nous avions sautillé | we had hopped |
| vous | vous aviez sautillé | you (pl.) had hopped |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient sautillé | they had hopped |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | j'aurais sautillé |
| tu | tu aurais sautillé |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait sautillé |
| nous | nous aurions sautillé |
| vous | vous auriez sautillé |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient sautillé |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'aurai sautillé | I will have hopped |
| tu | tu auras sautillé | you will have hopped |
| il/elle | il/elle aura sautillé | he/she/it will have hopped |
| nous | nous aurons sautillé | we will have hopped |
| vous | vous aurez sautillé | you (pl.) will have hopped |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront sautillé | they will have hopped |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | sautille |
| tu | sautilles |
| il/elle | sautille |
| nous | sautillions |
| vous | sautilliez |
| ils/elles | sautillent |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | sautillasse |
| tu | sautillasses |
| il/elle | sautillât |
| nous | sautillassions |
| vous | sautillassiez |
| ils/elles | sautillassent |
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 !
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| tu | sautille |
| nous | sautillons |
| vous | sautillez |