voyager Examples, Sentences & Quiz in French

voyager — travel — is one of the verbs you will use every day in French. voyager is the verb for talking about holidays: it comes up whenever you talk about describing a trip or planning a journey. On this page you will find voyager 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 voyager

In the present tense

  • “Je voyage en France.” — “I travel in France.”
  • “Tu voyages souvent.” — “You travel often.”
  • “Il voyage en train.” — “He travels by train.”
  • “Nous voyageons tous les ans.” — “We travel every year.”
  • “Vous voyagez en France.” — “You travel in France.”
  • “Ils voyagent souvent.” — “They travel often.”

In the passé composé

  • “J'ai voyagé en France cette semaine.” — “I have travelled in France this week.”
  • “Tu as voyagé souvent cette semaine.” — “You have travelled often this week.”
  • “Il a voyagé en train cette semaine.” — “He has travelled by train this week.”
  • “Nous avons voyagé tous les ans cette semaine.” — “We have travelled every year this week.”
  • “Vous avez voyagé en France cette semaine.” — “You have travelled in France this week.”
  • “Ils ont voyagé souvent cette semaine.” — “They have travelled often 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 voyageais en France avant.” — “I used to travel in France before.”
  • “Je voyagerai souvent demain.” — “I will travel often tomorrow.”
  • “Je voyagerais en train un jour.” — “I would travel by train one day.”
  • “Bien que il voyage tous les ans” — “Although he travels every year.”

voyager in context

Je voyage en France. Tu voyages souvent. Il voyage en train. Nous voyageons tous les ans.

I travel in France. You travel often. He travels by train. We travel every year.

J'ai voyagé en France. Il a voyagé souvent. Nous avons voyagé en train.

I have travelled in France this week. He has travelled often this week. We have travelled by train this week.

Common mistakes with voyager

Mistake 1

Wrong: Je voyager en France.

Right: Je voyage en France.

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

Mistake 2

Wrong: Je voyageons souvent.

Right: Je voyage souvent.

voyageons is the nous form. With je, use voyage.

Mistake 3

Wrong: Hier, je voyage en train.

Right: Hier, j'ai voyagé en train.

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

Mistake 4

Wrong: Bien que je voyage tous les ans.

Right: Bien que je voyage tous les ans.

After bien que French needs the subjunctive voyage.

Mistake 5

Wrong: Je voyageais en France hier. (said of one finished moment)

Right: J'ai voyagé en France hier.

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

Quiz: test yourself on voyager

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

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

    • A) voyagent
    • B) voyages
    • C) voyageons
    • D) voyagez

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

    • A) voyageons
    • B) voyagent
    • C) voyages
    • D) voyagez

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

    • A) a voyagé
    • B) avons voyagé
    • C) ai voyagé
    • D) avez voyagé

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

    • A) voyageait
    • B) voyageais
    • C) voyageiez
    • D) voyageions

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

    • A) voyageront
    • B) voyagerons
    • C) voyageras
    • D) voyagerai

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

    • A) voyagerait
    • B) voyagerais
    • C) voyageriez
    • D) voyagerions

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

    • A) voyageions
    • B) voyage
    • C) voyagent
    • D) voyageiez

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

    • A) voyageassent
    • B) voyageassions
    • C) voyageât
    • D) voyageasse

  9. What is the gerund of voyager?

    • A) buvant
    • B) voyageant
    • C) dormant

  10. What is the past participle of voyager?

  • A) dormi
  • B) voyagé
  • C) bu

Answer key

  1. B) voyages — The tu form of voyager in the present indicative is voyages.
  2. A) voyageons — The nous form of voyager in the present indicative is voyageons.
  3. A) a voyagé — The il/elle form of voyager in the present perfect is a voyagé.
  4. B) voyageais — The je form of voyager in the imperfect is voyageais.
  5. B) voyagerons — The nous form of voyager in the future is voyagerons.
  6. B) voyagerais — The tu form of voyager in the conditional is voyagerais.
  7. B) voyage — The je form of voyager in the present subjunctive is voyage.
  8. C) voyageât — The il/elle form of voyager in the imperfect subjunctive is voyageât.
  9. B) voyageant — The gerund of voyager is en voyageant; it is used after en for actions in progress.
  10. B) voyagé — The past participle of voyager is voyagé; perfect tenses use avoir + voyagé.

Frequently asked questions

What does voyager mean in English?

voyager means “travel”. You use it for talking about holidays, for describing a trip, and for planning a journey.

Is voyager regular or irregular?

voyager is regular with a spelling change (ger), and it is irregular in these tenses: present, present-subjunctive, imperative-affirmative, imperative-negative. The gerund is en voyageant and the past participle is voyagé.

How do I say “I travel” in French?

Say “Je voyage en France.” — “I travel in France.” The je form of the present is voyage.

Where can I see the full conjugation of voyager?

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

How to practise voyager this week

Pick one tense a day and say five sentences with voyager 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 — en France, souvent and en train — and change only the person, so you hear how voyage, voyages and voyage sound next to each other. On the second day, retell yesterday in the passé composé with ai voyagé 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 voyageant and voyagé 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 voyager, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

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