Verb Conjugation Tables
Choose a language and type a verb in the infinitive. You get the present, the main past tenses and, for French and Spanish, the future, with notes on spelling changes.
This covers regular verbs and the common irregular verbs listed below the table. Reflexive verbs and, in German, verbs with separable prefixes are not covered, and the tool says so rather than guess.
Worked examples
French regular verb
parler, présent
je parle, tu parles, il parle, nous parlons, vous parlez, ils parlent
The perfect tense is j'ai parlé.
German weak verb
arbeiten, present
ich arbeite, du arbeitest, er arbeitet
The perfect is ich habe gearbeitet.
About Verb Conjugation Tables
Conjugating verbs is at the heart of learning French, Spanish or German. Regular verbs follow patterns, so once you know the endings you can form any of them, but the most common verbs, such as to be, to have, to go and to do, are irregular and have to be learned one by one. This tool applies the regular patterns and holds a table of the most common irregular verbs in each language.
French verbs are shown in the present, the imperfect, the simple future and the perfect tense (passé composé), with the correct helping verb and a note about agreement. Spanish verbs are shown in the present, the past tense for a finished action, the imperfect and the future, including the spelling change in the I form of verbs ending in -car, -gar and -zar and verbs that change their stem, such as pensar and dormir. German verbs are shown in the present, the simple past and the perfect, with the extra e for stems like arbeit-. If a verb is outside what the tool can handle, it says so instead of showing a wrong form.
How to use Verb Conjugation Tables
- Choose French, Spanish or German.
- Type the verb in the infinitive, for example parler, hablar or spielen.
- Read the tables of forms for each tense.
- Read the note under the tables for any spelling change or agreement rule.
Common uses
- GCSE and A level languages homework
- Checking a form while writing or revising
- Learning the endings for a regular verb
- Looking up the main irregular verbs
Frequently asked questions
Which verbs does it know?
Regular -er verbs in French, plus regular -ir verbs like finir and regular -re verbs like vendre from a list, and 12 common irregular verbs. In Spanish, regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs, many stem-changing verbs, and 14 common irregular verbs. In German, regular (weak) verbs and 26 common irregular verbs.
Why does it refuse some verbs?
Some verbs have extra spelling changes (like acheter or payer in French), or are irregular in ways the tool cannot tell from the infinitive. A wrong answer is worse than none, so it tells you instead.
Why does the perfect tense in French have (e) after some verbs?
With être as the helping verb, the participle agrees with the subject: allé for a man, allée for a woman, allés for several. The (e) and (s) show this.
What is the difference between the two Spanish past tenses?
The pretérito indefinido describes a finished action (hablé, I spoke), and the imperfecto describes a habit or a background state (hablaba, I used to speak or I was speaking).
Are reflexive and separable verbs covered?
No. Reflexive verbs in French and Spanish and separable-prefix verbs in German are not included, and the tool will say so.