visiter Examples, Sentences & Quiz in French

visiter — visit — is one of the verbs you will use every day in French. visiter is the verb for talking about tourism: it comes up whenever you talk about describing a weekend trip or showing friends around. On this page you will find visiter 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 visiter

In the present tense

  • “Je visite Paris.” — “I visit Paris.”
  • “Tu visites le musée.” — “You visit the museum.”
  • “Il visite mes amis.” — “He visits my friends.”
  • “Nous visitons la ville.” — “We visit the town.”
  • “Vous visitez Paris.” — “You visit Paris.”
  • “Ils visitent le musée.” — “They visit the museum.”

In the passé composé

  • “J'ai visité Paris cette semaine.” — “I have visited Paris this week.”
  • “Tu as visité le musée cette semaine.” — “You have visited the museum this week.”
  • “Il a visité mes amis cette semaine.” — “He has visited my friends this week.”
  • “Nous avons visité la ville cette semaine.” — “We have visited the town this week.”
  • “Vous avez visité Paris cette semaine.” — “You have visited Paris this week.”
  • “Ils ont visité le musée cette semaine.” — “They have visited the museum 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 visitais Paris avant.” — “I used to visit Paris before.”
  • “Je visiterai le musée demain.” — “I will visit the museum tomorrow.”
  • “Je visiterais mes amis un jour.” — “I would visit my friends one day.”
  • “Bien que il visite la ville” — “Although he visits the town.”

visiter in context

Je visite Paris. Tu visites le musée. Il visite mes amis. Nous visitons la ville.

I visit Paris. You visit the museum. He visits my friends. We visit the town.

J'ai visité Paris. Il a visité le musée. Nous avons visité mes amis.

I have visited Paris this week. He has visited the museum this week. We have visited my friends this week.

Common mistakes with visiter

Mistake 1

Wrong: Je visiter Paris.

Right: Je visite Paris.

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

Mistake 2

Wrong: Je visitons le musée.

Right: Je visite le musée.

visitons is the nous form. With je, use visite.

Mistake 3

Wrong: Hier, je visite mes amis.

Right: Hier, j'ai visité mes amis.

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

Mistake 4

Wrong: Bien que je visite la ville.

Right: Bien que je visite la ville.

After bien que French needs the subjunctive visite.

Mistake 5

Wrong: Je visitais Paris hier. (said of one finished moment)

Right: J'ai visité Paris hier.

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

Quiz: test yourself on visiter

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

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

    • A) visitez
    • B) visite
    • C) visitent
    • D) visites

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

    • A) visitez
    • B) visitent
    • C) visites
    • D) visitons

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

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

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

    • A) visitais
    • B) visitiez
    • C) visitait
    • D) visitions

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

    • A) visiterez
    • B) visitera
    • C) visiterai
    • D) visiterons

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

    • A) visiteriez
    • B) visiteraient
    • C) visiterais
    • D) visiterions

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

    • A) visites
    • B) visitiez
    • C) visite
    • D) visitions

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

    • A) visitassent
    • B) visitât
    • C) visitasse
    • D) visitasses

  9. What is the gerund of visiter?

    • A) buvant
    • B) dormant
    • C) visitant

  10. What is the past participle of visiter?

  • A) bu
  • B) visité
  • C) dormi

Answer key

  1. D) visites — The tu form of visiter in the present indicative is visites.
  2. D) visitons — The nous form of visiter in the present indicative is visitons.
  3. C) a visité — The il/elle form of visiter in the present perfect is a visité.
  4. A) visitais — The je form of visiter in the imperfect is visitais.
  5. D) visiterons — The nous form of visiter in the future is visiterons.
  6. C) visiterais — The tu form of visiter in the conditional is visiterais.
  7. C) visite — The je form of visiter in the present subjunctive is visite.
  8. B) visitât — The il/elle form of visiter in the imperfect subjunctive is visitât.
  9. C) visitant — The gerund of visiter is en visitant; it is used after en for actions in progress.
  10. B) visité — The past participle of visiter is visité; perfect tenses use avoir + visité.

Frequently asked questions

What does visiter mean in English?

visiter means “visit”. You use it for talking about tourism, for describing a weekend trip, and for showing friends around.

Is visiter regular or irregular?

visiter is regular, and it is irregular in these tenses: none — it is regular in every tense. The gerund is en visitant and the past participle is visité.

How do I say “I visit” in French?

Say “Je visite Paris.” — “I visit Paris.” The je form of the present is visite.

Where can I see the full conjugation of visiter?

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

How to practise visiter this week

Pick one tense a day and say five sentences with visiter 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 — Paris, le musée and mes amis — and change only the person, so you hear how visite, visites and visite sound next to each other. On the second day, retell yesterday in the passé composé with ai visité 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 visitant and visité 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 visiter, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

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