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FRENCH VERB

installer

to install

  • #461 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: installé
  • Present participle: installant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I install
  2. tu you install
  3. il, elle, on he/she installs
  4. nous we install
  5. vous you install
  6. ils, elles they install

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I installed
  2. tu you installed
  3. il, elle, on he/she installed
  4. nous we installed
  5. vous you installed
  6. ils, elles they installed

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to install
  2. tu you used to install
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to install
  4. nous we used to install
  5. vous you used to install
  6. ils, elles they used to install

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will install
  2. tu you will install
  3. il, elle, on he/she will install
  4. nous we will install
  5. vous you will install
  6. ils, elles they will install

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would install
  2. tu you would install
  3. il, elle, on he/she would install
  4. nous we would install
  5. vous you would install
  6. ils, elles they would install

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I install
  2. tu (that) you install
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she install
  4. nous (that) we install
  5. vous (that) you install
  6. ils, elles (that) they install

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu install!
  2. nous install! (let’s)
  3. vous install! (plural, or formal)

How to use installer

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    J'installe la mise à jour, ça prend deux minutes.

    I'm installing the update, it takes two minutes.

  2. Past

    On a installé une nouvelle cuisine cet été.

    We put in a new kitchen this summer.

  3. Imperfect

    Mon père installait les décorations de Noël début décembre.

    My father put up the Christmas decorations in early December.

  4. Future

    Le technicien installera la fibre jeudi après-midi.

    The technician will install the fibre on Thursday afternoon.

  5. Conditional

    Tu installerais l'appli pour moi ? Je n'y arrive pas.

    Would you install the app for me? I can't manage it.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut que vous installiez un antivirus sur cet ordinateur.

    You need to install an antivirus on this computer.

  7. Imperative

    Installe l'appli avant de partir, il n'y aura pas de wifi.

    Install the app before you leave, there won't be any wifi.

Good to know

  • S'installer is to settle in or to sit down : installez-vous, je reviens.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.