envoyer Examples, Sentences & Quiz in French

envoyer — send — is one of the verbs you will use every day in French. envoyer is the verb for sending post: it comes up whenever you talk about writing to a friend or sending a parcel. On this page you will find envoyer in real sentences, grouped by meaning and tense, two short texts that show it in context, the mistakes learners actually make with it, and a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Start with the examples, say them aloud, and then test yourself.

Example sentences with envoyer

In the present tense

  • “J'envoie une lettre.” — “I send a letter.”
  • “Tu envoies un message.” — “You send a message.”
  • “Il envoie un colis.” — “He sends a parcel.”
  • “Nous envoyons un e-mail.” — “We send an e-mail.”
  • “Vous envoyez une lettre.” — “You send a letter.”
  • “Ils envoient un message.” — “They send a message.”

In the passé composé

  • “J'ai envoyé une lettre cette semaine.” — “I have sent a letter this week.”
  • “Tu as envoyé un message cette semaine.” — “You have sent a message this week.”
  • “Il a envoyé un colis cette semaine.” — “He has sent a parcel this week.”
  • “Nous avons envoyé un e-mail cette semaine.” — “We have sent an e-mail this week.”
  • “Vous avez envoyé une lettre cette semaine.” — “You have sent a letter this week.”
  • “Ils ont envoyé un message cette semaine.” — “They have sent a message this week.”

In other tenses

The same verb in the imperfect, the future, the conditional and the present subjunctive — the four tenses that complete the picture. All forms come from the verified tables.

  • “J'envoyais une lettre avant.” — “I used to send a letter before.”
  • “J'enverrai un message demain.” — “I will send a message tomorrow.”
  • “J'enverrais un colis un jour.” — “I would send a parcel one day.”
  • “Bien que il envoie un e-mail” — “Although he sends an e-mail.”

envoyer in context

J'envoie une lettre. Tu envoies un message. Il envoie un colis. Nous envoyons un e-mail.

I send a letter. You send a message. He sends a parcel. We send an e-mail.

J'ai envoyé une lettre. Il a envoyé un message. Nous avons envoyé un colis.

I have sent a letter this week. He has sent a message this week. We have sent a parcel this week.

Common mistakes with envoyer

Mistake 1

Wrong: Je envoyer une lettre.

Right: Je envoie une lettre.

The infinitive never takes a subject: after je you need the conjugated form envoie.

Mistake 2

Wrong: Je envoyons un message.

Right: Je envoie un message.

envoyons is the nous form. With je, use envoie.

Mistake 3

Wrong: Hier, je envoie un colis.

Right: Hier, j'ai envoyé un colis.

Yesterday needs the passé composé ai envoyé, not the present.

Mistake 4

Wrong: Bien que je envoie un e-mail.

Right: Bien que je envoie un e-mail.

After bien que French needs the subjunctive envoie.

Mistake 5

Wrong: Je envoyais une lettre hier. (said of one finished moment)

Right: J'ai envoyé une lettre hier.

The imperfect describes an ongoing or repeated past. One finished moment yesterday takes the passé composé.

Quiz: test yourself on envoyer

Ten questions on envoyer. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. What is the tu form of envoyer in the Present indicative?

    • A) envoyez
    • B) envoyons
    • C) envoies
    • D) envoient

  2. What is the nous form of envoyer in the Present indicative?

    • A) envoyons
    • B) envoyez
    • C) envoie
    • D) envoies

  3. What is the il/elle form of envoyer in the Present perfect?

    • A) a envoyé
    • B) avez envoyé
    • C) ont envoyé
    • D) avons envoyé

  4. What is the je form of envoyer in the Imperfect?

    • A) envoyais
    • B) envoyiez
    • C) envoyions
    • D) envoyaient

  5. What is the nous form of envoyer in the Future?

    • A) enverrez
    • B) enverras
    • C) enverrons
    • D) enverrai

  6. What is the tu form of envoyer in the Conditional?

    • A) enverrait
    • B) enverrais
    • C) enverrions
    • D) enverraient

  7. What is the je form of envoyer in the Present subjunctive?

    • A) envoyiez
    • B) envoyions
    • C) envoient
    • D) envoie

  8. What is the il/elle form of envoyer in the Imperfect subjunctive?

    • A) envoyassent
    • B) envoyât
    • C) envoyassiez
    • D) envoyasses

  9. What is the gerund of envoyer?

    • A) buvant
    • B) envoyant
    • C) dormant

  10. What is the past participle of envoyer?

  • A) envoyé
  • B) bu
  • C) dormi

Answer key

  1. C) envoies — The tu form of envoyer in the present indicative is envoies.
  2. A) envoyons — The nous form of envoyer in the present indicative is envoyons.
  3. A) a envoyé — The il/elle form of envoyer in the present perfect is a envoyé.
  4. A) envoyais — The je form of envoyer in the imperfect is envoyais.
  5. C) enverrons — The nous form of envoyer in the future is enverrons.
  6. B) enverrais — The tu form of envoyer in the conditional is enverrais.
  7. D) envoie — The je form of envoyer in the present subjunctive is envoie.
  8. B) envoyât — The il/elle form of envoyer in the imperfect subjunctive is envoyât.
  9. B) envoyant — The gerund of envoyer is en envoyant; it is used after en for actions in progress.
  10. A) envoyé — The past participle of envoyer is envoyé; perfect tenses use avoir + envoyé.

Frequently asked questions

What does envoyer mean in English?

envoyer means “send”. You use it for sending post, for writing to a friend, and for sending a parcel.

Is envoyer regular or irregular?

envoyer is regular with a spelling change (yer), and it is irregular in these tenses: future, conditional, future-perfect, conditional-perfect. The gerund is en envoyant and the past participle is envoyé.

How do I say “I send” in French?

Say “J'envoie une lettre.” — “I send a letter.” The je form of the present is envoie.

Where can I see the full conjugation of envoyer?

On the full conjugation page, which has every tense, and on the Envoyer Passé Composé Tense Conjugation in French page.

How to practise envoyer this week

Pick one tense a day and say five sentences with envoyer out loud, using the examples on this page as your starting point. On the first day, use only the present tense and the complements from the examples above — une lettre, un message and un colis — and change only the person, so you hear how envoie, envoies and envoie sound next to each other. On the second day, retell yesterday in the passé composé with ai envoyé and the other perfect forms from the table. On the third day, write three short plans for tomorrow in the future tense, and on the fourth day, turn them into polite conditional sentences. Keep a small notebook and write each new sentence down: seeing en envoyant and envoyé in your own handwriting fixes them in memory far better than reading them once. Finally, take the quiz above again without looking at the answer key — when you can answer all ten questions from memory, move on to the next verb in the hub.

Pronunciation

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for envoyer, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

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