troubler — French conjugation

to disturb

Frequency#385RegularReflexivese troubler — to become troubled

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
jetroubleI disturb
tutroublesyou disturb
il/elletroublehe/she/it disturbs
noustroublonswe disturb
voustroublezyou (pl.) disturb
ils/ellestroublentthey disturb

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
jetroublaiI disturbed
tutroublasyou disturbed
il/elletroublahe/she/it disturbed
noustroublâmeswe disturbed
voustroublâtesyou (pl.) disturbed
ils/ellestroublèrentthey disturbed

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
jetroublais
tutroublais
il/elletroublait
noustroublions
voustroubliez
ils/ellestroublaient

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
jetroubleraisI would disturb
tutroubleraisyou would disturb
il/elletroubleraithe/she/it would disturb
noustroublerionswe would disturb
voustroubleriezyou (pl.) would disturb
ils/ellestroubleraientthey would disturb

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
jetroubleraiI will disturb
tutroublerasyou will disturb
il/elletroublerahe/she/it will disturb
noustroubleronswe will disturb
voustroublerezyou (pl.) will disturb
ils/ellestroublerontthey will disturb

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 troubléI have disturbed
tutu as troubléyou have disturbed
il/elleil/elle a troubléhe/she/it has disturbed
nousnous avons troubléwe have disturbed
vousvous avez troubléyou (pl.) have disturbed
ils/ellesils/elles ont troubléthey have disturbed

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 troubléI had disturbed
tutu avais troubléyou had disturbed
il/elleil/elle avait troubléhe/she/it had disturbed
nousnous avions troubléwe had disturbed
vousvous aviez troubléyou (pl.) had disturbed
ils/ellesils/elles avaient troubléthey had disturbed

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

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 troubléI will have disturbed
tutu auras troubléyou will have disturbed
il/elleil/elle aura troubléhe/she/it will have disturbed
nousnous aurons troubléwe will have disturbed
vousvous aurez troubléyou (pl.) will have disturbed
ils/ellesils/elles auront troubléthey will have disturbed

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
jetrouble
tutroubles
il/elletrouble
noustroublions
voustroubliez
ils/ellestroublent

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
jetroublasse
tutroublasses
il/elletroublât
noustroublassions
voustroublassiez
ils/ellestroublassent

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
tutrouble
noustroublons
voustroublez