visualiser — French conjugation

to visualise

Frequency#337Regular

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
jevisualiseI visualise
tuvisualisesyou visualise
il/ellevisualisehe/she/it visualises
nousvisualisonswe visualise
vousvisualisezyou (pl.) visualise
ils/ellesvisualisentthey visualise

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
jevisualisaiI visualised
tuvisualisasyou visualised
il/ellevisualisahe/she/it visualised
nousvisualisâmeswe visualised
vousvisualisâtesyou (pl.) visualised
ils/ellesvisualisèrentthey visualised

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
jevisualisais
tuvisualisais
il/ellevisualisait
nousvisualisions
vousvisualisiez
ils/ellesvisualisaient

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
jevisualiseraisI would visualise
tuvisualiseraisyou would visualise
il/ellevisualiseraithe/she/it would visualise
nousvisualiserionswe would visualise
vousvisualiseriezyou (pl.) would visualise
ils/ellesvisualiseraientthey would visualise

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
jevisualiseraiI will visualise
tuvisualiserasyou will visualise
il/ellevisualiserahe/she/it will visualise
nousvisualiseronswe will visualise
vousvisualiserezyou (pl.) will visualise
ils/ellesvisualiserontthey will visualise

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 visualiséI have visualised
tutu as visualiséyou have visualised
il/elleil/elle a visualiséhe/she/it has visualised
nousnous avons visualiséwe have visualised
vousvous avez visualiséyou (pl.) have visualised
ils/ellesils/elles ont visualiséthey have visualised

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 visualiséI had visualised
tutu avais visualiséyou had visualised
il/elleil/elle avait visualiséhe/she/it had visualised
nousnous avions visualiséwe had visualised
vousvous aviez visualiséyou (pl.) had visualised
ils/ellesils/elles avaient visualiséthey had visualised

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

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 visualiséI will have visualised
tutu auras visualiséyou will have visualised
il/elleil/elle aura visualiséhe/she/it will have visualised
nousnous aurons visualiséwe will have visualised
vousvous aurez visualiséyou (pl.) will have visualised
ils/ellesils/elles auront visualiséthey will have visualised

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
jevisualise
tuvisualises
il/ellevisualise
nousvisualisions
vousvisualisiez
ils/ellesvisualisent

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
jevisualisasse
tuvisualisasses
il/ellevisualisât
nousvisualisassions
vousvisualisassiez
ils/ellesvisualisassent

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
tuvisualise
nousvisualisons
vousvisualisez