unifier — French conjugation

to unify

Frequency#746Regular

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
jeunifieI unify
tuunifiesyou unify
il/elleunifiehe/she/it unifies
nousunifionswe unify
vousunifiezyou (pl.) unify
ils/ellesunifientthey unify

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
jeunifiaiI unified
tuunifiasyou unified
il/elleunifiahe/she/it unified
nousunifiâmeswe unified
vousunifiâtesyou (pl.) unified
ils/ellesunifièrentthey unified

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
jeunifiais
tuunifiais
il/elleunifiait
nousunifiions
vousunifiiez
ils/ellesunifiaient

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
jeunifieraisI would unify
tuunifieraisyou would unify
il/elleunifieraithe/she/it would unify
nousunifierionswe would unify
vousunifieriezyou (pl.) would unify
ils/ellesunifieraientthey would unify

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
jeunifieraiI will unify
tuunifierasyou will unify
il/elleunifierahe/she/it will unify
nousunifieronswe will unify
vousunifierezyou (pl.) will unify
ils/ellesunifierontthey will unify

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 unifiéI have unified
tutu as unifiéyou have unified
il/elleil/elle a unifiéhe/she/it has unified
nousnous avons unifiéwe have unified
vousvous avez unifiéyou (pl.) have unified
ils/ellesils/elles ont unifiéthey have unified

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 unifiéI had unified
tutu avais unifiéyou had unified
il/elleil/elle avait unifiéhe/she/it had unified
nousnous avions unifiéwe had unified
vousvous aviez unifiéyou (pl.) had unified
ils/ellesils/elles avaient unifiéthey had unified

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

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 unifiéI will have unified
tutu auras unifiéyou will have unified
il/elleil/elle aura unifiéhe/she/it will have unified
nousnous aurons unifiéwe will have unified
vousvous aurez unifiéyou (pl.) will have unified
ils/ellesils/elles auront unifiéthey will have unified

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
jeunifie
tuunifies
il/elleunifie
nousunifiions
vousunifiiez
ils/ellesunifient

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
jeunifiasse
tuunifiasses
il/elleunifiât
nousunifiassions
vousunifiassiez
ils/ellesunifiassent

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
tuunifie
nousunifions
vousunifiez