sécuriser — French conjugation

to secure

Frequency#214Regular

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
jesécuriseI secure
tusécurisesyou secure
il/ellesécurisehe/she/it secures
noussécurisonswe secure
voussécurisezyou (pl.) secure
ils/ellessécurisentthey secure

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
jesécurisaiI secured
tusécurisasyou secured
il/ellesécurisahe/she/it secured
noussécurisâmeswe secured
voussécurisâtesyou (pl.) secured
ils/ellessécurisèrentthey secured

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
jesécurisais
tusécurisais
il/ellesécurisait
noussécurisions
voussécurisiez
ils/ellessécurisaient

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
jesécuriseraisI would secure
tusécuriseraisyou would secure
il/ellesécuriseraithe/she/it would secure
noussécuriserionswe would secure
voussécuriseriezyou (pl.) would secure
ils/ellessécuriseraientthey would secure

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
jesécuriseraiI will secure
tusécuriserasyou will secure
il/ellesécuriserahe/she/it will secure
noussécuriseronswe will secure
voussécuriserezyou (pl.) will secure
ils/ellessécuriserontthey will secure

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 sécuriséI have secured
tutu as sécuriséyou have secured
il/elleil/elle a sécuriséhe/she/it has secured
nousnous avons sécuriséwe have secured
vousvous avez sécuriséyou (pl.) have secured
ils/ellesils/elles ont sécuriséthey have secured

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 sécuriséI had secured
tutu avais sécuriséyou had secured
il/elleil/elle avait sécuriséhe/she/it had secured
nousnous avions sécuriséwe had secured
vousvous aviez sécuriséyou (pl.) had secured
ils/ellesils/elles avaient sécuriséthey had secured

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 sécurisé
tutu aurais sécurisé
il/elleil/elle aurait sécurisé
nousnous aurions sécurisé
vousvous auriez sécurisé
ils/ellesils/elles auraient sécurisé

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 sécuriséI will have secured
tutu auras sécuriséyou will have secured
il/elleil/elle aura sécuriséhe/she/it will have secured
nousnous aurons sécuriséwe will have secured
vousvous aurez sécuriséyou (pl.) will have secured
ils/ellesils/elles auront sécuriséthey will have secured

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
jesécurise
tusécurises
il/ellesécurise
noussécurisions
voussécurisiez
ils/ellessécurisent

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
jesécurisasse
tusécurisasses
il/ellesécurisât
noussécurisassions
voussécurisassiez
ils/ellessécurisassent

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
tusécurise
noussécurisons
voussécurisez