trimballer — French conjugation
to carry around
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 | trimballe | I carry around |
| tu | trimballes | you carry around |
| il/elle | trimballe | he/she/it carries around |
| nous | trimballons | we carry around |
| vous | trimballez | you (pl.) carry around |
| ils/elles | trimballent | they carry around |
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 | trimballai | I carried around |
| tu | trimballas | you carried around |
| il/elle | trimballa | he/she/it carried around |
| nous | trimballâmes | we carried around |
| vous | trimballâtes | you (pl.) carried around |
| ils/elles | trimballèrent | they carried around |
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 | trimballais |
| tu | trimballais |
| il/elle | trimballait |
| nous | trimballions |
| vous | trimballiez |
| ils/elles | trimballaient |
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 | trimballerais | I would carry around |
| tu | trimballerais | you would carry around |
| il/elle | trimballerait | he/she/it would carry around |
| nous | trimballerions | we would carry around |
| vous | trimballeriez | you (pl.) would carry around |
| ils/elles | trimballeraient | they would carry around |
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 | trimballerai | I will carry around |
| tu | trimballeras | you will carry around |
| il/elle | trimballera | he/she/it will carry around |
| nous | trimballerons | we will carry around |
| vous | trimballerez | you (pl.) will carry around |
| ils/elles | trimballeront | they will carry around |
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 trimballé | I have carried around |
| tu | tu as trimballé | you have carried around |
| il/elle | il/elle a trimballé | he/she/it has carried around |
| nous | nous avons trimballé | we have carried around |
| vous | vous avez trimballé | you (pl.) have carried around |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont trimballé | they have carried around |
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 trimballé | I had carried around |
| tu | tu avais trimballé | you had carried around |
| il/elle | il/elle avait trimballé | he/she/it had carried around |
| nous | nous avions trimballé | we had carried around |
| vous | vous aviez trimballé | you (pl.) had carried around |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient trimballé | they had carried around |
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 trimballé |
| tu | tu aurais trimballé |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait trimballé |
| nous | nous aurions trimballé |
| vous | vous auriez trimballé |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient trimballé |
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 trimballé | I will have carried around |
| tu | tu auras trimballé | you will have carried around |
| il/elle | il/elle aura trimballé | he/she/it will have carried around |
| nous | nous aurons trimballé | we will have carried around |
| vous | vous aurez trimballé | you (pl.) will have carried around |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront trimballé | they will have carried around |
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 | trimballe |
| tu | trimballes |
| il/elle | trimballe |
| nous | trimballions |
| vous | trimballiez |
| ils/elles | trimballent |
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 | trimballasse |
| tu | trimballasses |
| il/elle | trimballât |
| nous | trimballassions |
| vous | trimballassiez |
| ils/elles | trimballassent |
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 | trimballe |
| nous | trimballons |
| vous | trimballez |