Skip to content

Offrir conjugation: to offer, to give as a gift in every French tense (free PDF download)

French verb conjugation: 150 verbs in every tense

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.

Download the PDF chart

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)

Présent (present tense) of the verb offrir
j’offre
tuoffres
iloffre
nousoffrons
vousoffrez
ilsoffrent

Imparfait (imperfect)

Imparfait (imperfect) of the verb offrir
j’offrais
tuoffrais
iloffrait
nousoffrions
vousoffriez
ilsoffraient

Passé simple (simple past, literary)

Passé simple (simple past, literary) of the verb offrir
j’offris
tuoffris
iloffrit
nousoffrîmes
vousoffrîtes
ilsoffrirent

Futur simple (simple future)

Futur simple (simple future) of the verb offrir
j’offrirai
tuoffriras
iloffrira
nousoffrirons
vousoffrirez
ilsoffriront

Passé composé (compound past)

Passé composé (compound past) of the verb offrir
j’ai offert
tuas offert
ila offert
nousavons offert
vousavez offert
ilsont offert

Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect)

Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect) of the verb offrir
j’avais offert
tuavais offert
ilavait offert
nousavions offert
vousaviez offert
ilsavaient offert

Passé antérieur (past anterior)

Passé antérieur (past anterior) of the verb offrir
j’eus offert
tueus offert
ileut offert
nouseûmes offert
vouseûtes offert
ilseurent offert

Futur antérieur (future perfect)

Futur antérieur (future perfect) of the verb offrir
j’aurai offert
tuauras offert
ilaura offert
nousaurons offert
vousaurez offert
ilsauront offert

Conditionnel (conditional): offrir

Conditionnel présent (present conditional)

Conditionnel présent (present conditional) of the verb offrir
j’offrirais
tuoffrirais
iloffrirait
nousoffririons
vousoffririez
ilsoffriraient

Conditionnel passé (past conditional)

Conditionnel passé (past conditional) of the verb offrir
j’aurais offert
tuaurais offert
ilaurait offert
nousaurions offert
vousauriez offert
ilsauraient offert

Subjonctif (subjunctive): offrir

Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive)

Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive) of the verb offrir
que j’offre
que tuoffres
qu’iloffre
que nousoffrions
que vousoffriez
qu’ilsoffrent

Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive)

Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive) of the verb offrir
que j’aie offert
que tuaies offert
qu’ilait offert
que nousayons offert
que vousayez offert
qu’ilsaient offert

Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive)

Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive) of the verb offrir
que j’offrisse
que tuoffrisses
qu’iloffrît
que nousoffrissions
que vousoffrissiez
qu’ilsoffrissent

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive)

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive) of the verb offrir
que j’eusse offert
que tueusses offert
qu’ileût offert
que nouseussions offert
que vouseussiez offert
qu’ilseussent offert

Impératif (imperative): offrir

Impératif présent (imperative)

Impératif présent (imperative) of the verb offrir
(tu)offre
(nous)offrons
(vous)offrez

Impératif passé (past imperative)

Impératif passé (past imperative) of the verb offrir
(tu)aie offert
(nous)ayons offert
(vous)ayez offert

Infinitive, participles and gerund of offrir

Non-personal forms of the verb offrir
Infinitif présent (present infinitive)offrir
Infinitif passé (past infinitive)avoir offert
Participe présent (present participle)offrant
Participe passé (past participle)offert (masc. sing.), offerte (fem. sing.), offerts (masc. pl.), offertes (fem. pl.)
Gérondif présent (gerund, “while doing”)en offrant
Gérondif passé (past gerund)en ayant 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-).

Print it

The complete conjugation chart of offrir on A4 sheets in black and white, ready for your binder or flashcards.

Download the PDF

Suivez-nous