tripler — French conjugation

to triple

Frequency#649Regular

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
jetripleI triple
tutriplesyou triple
il/elletriplehe/she/it triples
noustriplonswe triple
voustriplezyou (pl.) triple
ils/ellestriplentthey triple

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
jetriplaiI tripled
tutriplasyou tripled
il/elletriplahe/she/it tripled
noustriplâmeswe tripled
voustriplâtesyou (pl.) tripled
ils/ellestriplèrentthey tripled

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
jetriplais
tutriplais
il/elletriplait
noustriplions
voustripliez
ils/ellestriplaient

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
jetripleraisI would triple
tutripleraisyou would triple
il/elletripleraithe/she/it would triple
noustriplerionswe would triple
voustripleriezyou (pl.) would triple
ils/ellestripleraientthey would triple

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
jetripleraiI will triple
tutriplerasyou will triple
il/elletriplerahe/she/it will triple
noustripleronswe will triple
voustriplerezyou (pl.) will triple
ils/ellestriplerontthey will triple

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 tripléI have tripled
tutu as tripléyou have tripled
il/elleil/elle a tripléhe/she/it has tripled
nousnous avons tripléwe have tripled
vousvous avez tripléyou (pl.) have tripled
ils/ellesils/elles ont tripléthey have tripled

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 tripléI had tripled
tutu avais tripléyou had tripled
il/elleil/elle avait tripléhe/she/it had tripled
nousnous avions tripléwe had tripled
vousvous aviez tripléyou (pl.) had tripled
ils/ellesils/elles avaient tripléthey had tripled

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

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 tripléI will have tripled
tutu auras tripléyou will have tripled
il/elleil/elle aura tripléhe/she/it will have tripled
nousnous aurons tripléwe will have tripled
vousvous aurez tripléyou (pl.) will have tripled
ils/ellesils/elles auront tripléthey will have tripled

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
jetriple
tutriples
il/elletriple
noustriplions
voustripliez
ils/ellestriplent

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
jetriplasse
tutriplasses
il/elletriplât
noustriplassions
voustriplassiez
ils/ellestriplassent

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
tutriple
noustriplons
voustriplez