The French verb offrir (to offer, to give as a gift) is a useful everyday verb (number 92 of the 150 on this site). It is an irregular verb of the 3rd group with its own stems: j’offre , nous offrons , and a future stem in offrir- (j’offrirai ). In compound tenses it takes avoir (j’ai offert ), with the past participle offert . Below you will find every tense, example sentences and a free printable PDF.
offrir at a glance: meaning, group and auxiliary
Infinitive offrir — to offer, to give as a gift
Group 3rd group (irregular verbs)
Type Irregular verb
Auxiliary takes avoir
Construction Transitive (direct object) Conjugated like ouvrir (to open)
Frequency No. 92 of the 150 most common French verbs The endings are in bold . Tense names are given in French with the English equivalent in parentheses; pronouns and verb forms stay in French, as you will see and hear them.
Indicatif (indicative): offrir Présent (present tense) of the verb offrir j’ offre tu offres il offre nous offrons vous offrez ils offrent
Imparfait (imperfect) of the verb offrir j’ offrais tu offrais il offrait nous offrions vous offriez ils offraient
Passé simple (simple past, literary) of the verb offrir j’ offris tu offris il offrit nous offrîmes vous offrîtes ils offrirent
Futur simple (simple future) of the verb offrir j’ offrirai tu offriras il offrira nous offrirons vous offrirez ils offriront
Passé composé (compound past) of the verb offrir j’ ai offerttu as offertil a offertnous avons offertvous avez offertils ont offert
Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect) of the verb offrir j’ avais offert tu avais offert il avait offert nous avions offert vous aviez offert ils avaient offert
Passé antérieur (past anterior) of the verb offrir j’ eus offert tu eus offert il eut offert nous eûmes offert vous eûtes offert ils eurent offert
Futur antérieur (future perfect) of the verb offrir j’ aurai offert tu auras offert il aura offert nous aurons offert vous aurez offert ils auront offert
Conditionnel (conditional): offrir Conditionnel présent (present conditional) of the verb offrir j’ offrirais tu offrirais il offrirait nous offririons vous offririez ils offriraient
Conditionnel passé (past conditional) of the verb offrir j’ aurais offert tu aurais offert il aurait offert nous aurions offert vous auriez offert ils auraient offert
Subjonctif (subjunctive): offrir Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive) of the verb offrir que j’ offre que tu offres qu’il offre que nous offrions que vous offriez qu’ils offrent
Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive) of the verb offrir que j’ aie offert que tu aies offert qu’il ait offert que nous ayons offert que vous ayez offert qu’ils aient offert
Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive) of the verb offrir que j’ offrisse que tu offrisses qu’il offrît que nous offrissions que vous offrissiez qu’ils offrissent
Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive) of the verb offrir que j’ eusse offert que tu eusses offert qu’il eût offert que nous eussions offert que vous eussiez offert qu’ils eussent offert
Impératif (imperative): offrir Impératif présent (imperative) of the verb offrir (tu) offre (nous) offrons (vous) offrez
Impératif passé (past imperative) of the verb offrir (tu) aie offert (nous) ayons offert (vous) ayez offert
Example sentences with offrir Real French sentences, with the conjugated form in bold, followed by the tense.
Watch out with offrir Use avoir
In compound tenses offrir takes avoir (j’ai offert). The participle offert agrees only with a direct object placed before the verb.
Irregular stems
Learn the stems, not the endings: the present is j’offre / nous offrons / ils offrent, and the future and conditional use offrir- (j’offrirai, j’offrirais).
Verbs that conjugate like offrir See also all verbs sorted by group and the 150 most used French verbs .
Review the French tenses Questions about offrir How do you conjugate offrir (to offer, to give as a gift) in the present tense? In the présent: j’offre, tu offres, il offre, nous offrons, vous offrez, ils offrent.
Does offrir take être or avoir in the passé composé? offrir takes avoir in compound tenses: j’ai offert, nous avons offert. The past participle is offert.
What are the future and conditional forms of offrir? Futur simple: j’offrirai. Conditionnel présent: j’offrirais. Both are built on the same stem (offrir-).
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