se rapporter — French conjugation

to relate to (se rapporter à)

RegularReflexiverapporter → se rapporter

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
jeme rapporte
tute rapportes
il/ellese rapporte
nousnous rapportons
vousvous rapportez
ils/ellesse rapportent

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
jeme rapportai
tute rapportas
il/ellese rapporta
nousnous rapportâmes
vousvous rapportâtes
ils/ellesse rapportèrent

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
jeme rapportais
tute rapportais
il/ellese rapportait
nousnous rapportions
vousvous rapportiez
ils/ellesse rapportaient

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
jeme rapporterais
tute rapporterais
il/ellese rapporterait
nousnous rapporterions
vousvous rapporteriez
ils/ellesse rapporteraient

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
jeme rapporterai
tute rapporteras
il/ellese rapportera
nousnous rapporterons
vousvous rapporterez
ils/ellesse rapporteront

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
jeme rapporte
tute rapportes
il/ellese rapporte
nousnous rapportions
vousvous rapportiez
ils/ellesse rapportent

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
jeme rapportasse
tute rapportasses
il/ellese rapportât
nousnous rapportassions
vousvous rapportassiez
ils/ellesse rapportassent