tuber — French conjugation

to tuberize

Frequency#840Regular

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
jetubeI tuberize
tutubesyou tuberize
il/elletubehe/she/it tuberizes
noustubonswe tuberize
voustubezyou (pl.) tuberize
ils/ellestubentthey tuberize

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
jetubaiI tuberized
tutubasyou tuberized
il/elletubahe/she/it tuberized
noustubâmeswe tuberized
voustubâtesyou (pl.) tuberized
ils/ellestubèrentthey tuberized

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
jetubais
tutubais
il/elletubait
noustubions
voustubiez
ils/ellestubaient

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
jetuberaisI would tuberize
tutuberaisyou would tuberize
il/elletuberaithe/she/it would tuberize
noustuberionswe would tuberize
voustuberiezyou (pl.) would tuberize
ils/ellestuberaientthey would tuberize

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
jetuberaiI will tuberize
tutuberasyou will tuberize
il/elletuberahe/she/it will tuberize
noustuberonswe will tuberize
voustuberezyou (pl.) will tuberize
ils/ellestuberontthey will tuberize

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 tubéI have tuberized
tutu as tubéyou have tuberized
il/elleil/elle a tubéhe/she/it has tuberized
nousnous avons tubéwe have tuberized
vousvous avez tubéyou (pl.) have tuberized
ils/ellesils/elles ont tubéthey have tuberized

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 tubéI had tuberized
tutu avais tubéyou had tuberized
il/elleil/elle avait tubéhe/she/it had tuberized
nousnous avions tubéwe had tuberized
vousvous aviez tubéyou (pl.) had tuberized
ils/ellesils/elles avaient tubéthey had tuberized

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

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 tubéI will have tuberized
tutu auras tubéyou will have tuberized
il/elleil/elle aura tubéhe/she/it will have tuberized
nousnous aurons tubéwe will have tuberized
vousvous aurez tubéyou (pl.) will have tuberized
ils/ellesils/elles auront tubéthey will have tuberized

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
jetube
tutubes
il/elletube
noustubions
voustubiez
ils/ellestubent

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
jetubasse
tutubasses
il/elletubât
noustubassions
voustubassiez
ils/ellestubassent

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
tutube
noustubons
voustubez