s'habiller Examples, Sentences & Quiz in French

s'habiller — get dressed — is one of the verbs you will use every day in French. s'habiller is the verb for getting ready in the morning: it comes up whenever you talk about dressing for a party or describing a hurried morning. On this page you will find s'habiller 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 s'habiller

In the present tense

  • “Je m'habille vite.” — “I get dressed quickly.”
  • “Tu t'habilles en cinq minutes.” — “You get dressed in five minutes.”
  • “Il s'habille pour la fête.” — “He gets dressed for the party.”
  • “Nous nous habillons très bien.” — “We get dressed very well.”
  • “Vous vous habillez vite.” — “You get dressed quickly.”
  • “Ils s'habillent en cinq minutes.” — “They get dressed in five minutes.”

In the passé composé

  • “Je me suis habillé vite cette semaine.” — “I have got dressed quickly this week.”
  • “Tu te es habillé en cinq minutes cette semaine.” — “You have got dressed in five minutes this week.”
  • “Il se est habillé pour la fête cette semaine.” — “He has got dressed for the party this week.”
  • “Nous nous sommes habillé très bien cette semaine.” — “We have got dressed very well this week.”
  • “Vous vous êtes habillé vite cette semaine.” — “You have got dressed quickly this week.”
  • “Ils se sont habillé en cinq minutes cette semaine.” — “They have got dressed in five minutes 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.

  • “Je m'habillais vite avant.” — “I used to get dressed quickly before.”
  • “Je m'habillerai en cinq minutes demain.” — “I will get dressed in five minutes tomorrow.”
  • “Je m'habillerais pour la fête un jour.” — “I would get dressed for the party one day.”
  • “Bien que il s'habille très bien” — “Although he gets dressed very well.”

s'habiller in context

Je m'habille vite. Tu t'habilles en cinq minutes. Il s'habille pour la fête. Nous nous habillons très bien.

I get dressed quickly. You get dressed in five minutes. He gets dressed for the party. We get dressed very well.

Je me suis habillé vite. Il se est habillé en cinq minutes. Nous nous sommes habillé pour la fête.

I have got dressed quickly this week. He has got dressed in five minutes this week. We have got dressed for the party this week.

Common mistakes with s'habiller

Mistake 1

Wrong: Je s'habiller vite.

Right: Je habille vite.

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

Mistake 2

Wrong: Je habillons en cinq minutes.

Right: Je habille en cinq minutes.

habillons is the nous form. With je, use habille.

Mistake 3

Wrong: Hier, je habille pour la fête.

Right: Hier, j'suis habillé pour la fête.

Yesterday needs the passé composé suis habillé, not the present.

Mistake 4

Wrong: Bien que je habille très bien.

Right: Bien que je habille très bien.

After bien que French needs the subjunctive habille.

Mistake 5

Wrong: Je habillais vite hier. (said of one finished moment)

Right: J'suis habillé vite hier.

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

Quiz: test yourself on s'habiller

Ten questions on s'habiller. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. What is the tu form of s'habiller in the Present indicative?

    • A) habillez
    • B) habillons
    • C) habillent
    • D) habilles

  2. What is the nous form of s'habiller in the Present indicative?

    • A) habilles
    • B) habillent
    • C) habillez
    • D) habillons

  3. What is the il/elle form of s'habiller in the Present perfect?

    • A) est habillé
    • B) êtes habillé
    • C) suis habillé
    • D) es habillé

  4. What is the je form of s'habiller in the Imperfect?

    • A) habillait
    • B) habillions
    • C) habillais
    • D) habilliez

  5. What is the nous form of s'habiller in the Future?

    • A) habillerez
    • B) habillera
    • C) habilleras
    • D) habillerons

  6. What is the tu form of s'habiller in the Conditional?

    • A) habillerions
    • B) habillerait
    • C) habillerais
    • D) habilleraient

  7. What is the je form of s'habiller in the Present subjunctive?

    • A) habilliez
    • B) habilles
    • C) habillions
    • D) habille

  8. What is the il/elle form of s'habiller in the Imperfect subjunctive?

    • A) habillât
    • B) habillassent
    • C) habillasse
    • D) habillassiez

  9. What is the gerund of s'habiller?

    • A) buvant
    • B) habillant
    • C) dormant

  10. What is the past participle of s'habiller?

  • A) dormi
  • B) habillé
  • C) bu

Answer key

  1. D) habilles — The tu form of s'habiller in the present indicative is habilles.
  2. D) habillons — The nous form of s'habiller in the present indicative is habillons.
  3. A) est habillé — The il/elle form of s'habiller in the present perfect is est habillé.
  4. C) habillais — The je form of s'habiller in the imperfect is habillais.
  5. D) habillerons — The nous form of s'habiller in the future is habillerons.
  6. C) habillerais — The tu form of s'habiller in the conditional is habillerais.
  7. D) habille — The je form of s'habiller in the present subjunctive is habille.
  8. A) habillât — The il/elle form of s'habiller in the imperfect subjunctive is habillât.
  9. B) habillant — The gerund of s'habiller is en habillant; it is used after en for actions in progress.
  10. B) habillé — The past participle of s'habiller is habillé; perfect tenses use être + habillé.

Frequently asked questions

What does s'habiller mean in English?

s'habiller means “get dressed”. You use it for getting ready in the morning, for dressing for a party, and for describing a hurried morning.

Is s'habiller regular or irregular?

s'habiller is regular, and it is irregular in these tenses: none — it is regular in every tense. The gerund is en habillant and the past participle is habillé.

How do I say “I get dressed” in French?

Say “Je m'habille vite.” — “I get dressed quickly.” The je form of the present is habille.

Where can I see the full conjugation of s'habiller?

On the full conjugation page, which has every tense, and on the S'habiller Present Tense Conjugation in French page.

How to practise s'habiller this week

Pick one tense a day and say five sentences with s'habiller 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 — vite, en cinq minutes and pour la fête — and change only the person, so you hear how habille, habilles and habille sound next to each other. On the second day, retell yesterday in the passé composé with suis habillé 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 habillant and habillé 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 s'habiller, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

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