Verb conjugator

French verb conjugation tables

Type any French verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

French verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common French verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like parler (to speak) or être (to be), or type any French verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing parler (to speak) · regular -er

parler

to speak regular -er
Présent
je parle
tu parles
il/elle parle
nous parlons
vous parlez
ils/elles parlent
Passé composé
je ai parlé
tu as parlé
il/elle a parlé
nous avons parlé
vous avez parlé
ils/elles ont parlé
Futur simple
je parlerai
tu parleras
il/elle parlera
nous parlerons
vous parlerez
ils/elles parleront

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How French conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 3 core tenses: Présent, Passé composé, Futur simple.

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (regular -er for parler, for example). Irregular verbs like être (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in French, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate French verbs?

To conjugate a French verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take parler (to speak): in the je form it is parle now, ai parlé in the past, and parlerai in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common French verbs?

The most common French verbs include parler (to speak), finir (to finish), vendre (to sell), être (to be), avoir (to have), aller (to go), faire (to do, to make), dire (to say). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is French verb conjugation hard?

French conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. French is FSI Category I, about 750 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does French have?

These three, Présent, Passé composé, Futur simple, are the core of everyday French and the right place to start. Real French also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.