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FRENCH VERB

réveiller

to wake someone up

  • #418 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: réveillé
  • Present participle: réveillant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use réveiller

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

  1. Present

    Je réveille les enfants à sept heures.

    I wake the kids at seven.

  2. Past

    Le bruit de la rue m'a réveillée à cinq heures.

    The noise from the street woke me at five.

  3. Imperfect

    Le chat me réveillait toutes les nuits pour manger.

    The cat woke me every night for food.

  4. Future

    Je te réveillerai à six heures, pas avant.

    I'll wake you at six, not before.

  5. Conditional

    Tu me réveillerais si je m'endors dans le train ?

    Would you wake me if I fall asleep on the train?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Parle doucement, je ne veux pas qu'on réveille le bébé.

    Talk quietly, I don't want us to wake the baby.

  7. Imperative

    Réveille ton frère, on part dans dix minutes.

    Wake your brother, we're leaving in ten minutes.

Good to know

  • Réveiller quelqu'un is to wake someone; se réveiller is to wake up yourself.

Where you hear réveiller

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

French · Beginner Level 3

  • Le bruit de la mer me réveille tous les matins. The sound of the sea wakes me up every morning.
  • Le téléphone m'a réveillée. The phone woke me up.
  • Je vais te réveiller à sept heures. I'm going to wake you at seven.
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Mamie Jeanne

Beginner Level 3 · je te réveille

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