se soigner — French conjugation

to take care of oneself

RegularReflexivesoigner → se soigner

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 soigne
tute soignes
il/ellese soigne
nousnous soignons
vousvous soignez
ils/ellesse soignent

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 soignai
tute soignas
il/ellese soigna
nousnous soignâmes
vousvous soignâtes
ils/ellesse soignèrent

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 soignais
tute soignais
il/ellese soignait
nousnous soignions
vousvous soigniez
ils/ellesse soignaient

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 soignerais
tute soignerais
il/ellese soignerait
nousnous soignerions
vousvous soigneriez
ils/ellesse soigneraient

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 soignerai
tute soigneras
il/ellese soignera
nousnous soignerons
vousvous soignerez
ils/ellesse soigneront

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 soigne
tute soignes
il/ellese soigne
nousnous soignions
vousvous soigniez
ils/ellesse soignent

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 soignasse
tute soignasses
il/ellese soignât
nousnous soignassions
vousvous soignassiez
ils/ellesse soignassent