Voyager Conjugation in French

voyager means “travel” in English, and it is a verb French learners meet early — it sits in VerbFlow’s frequency list for French. You use it for talking about holidays, for describing a trip, and for planning a journey. Because it comes up in everyday conversation so often, learning its forms properly pays off from the very first week. This page gives you the complete conjugation of voyager — every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle — with notes, examples, common mistakes and a quiz. Here is the verb in a natural sentence: “Je voyage en France.” — “I travel in France.”

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: voyager
  • English: travel
  • Verb type: Regular with a spelling change (ger)
  • Irregular in: present, present-subjunctive, imperative-affirmative, imperative-negative
  • Gerund: en voyageant
  • Past participle: voyagé
  • Auxiliary: avoir (all perfect tenses are formed with avoir + the past participle)

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.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for voyager. Learn the present tense first, then the passé composé and the imperfect, and add the remaining tenses one at a time.

Present indicative

Person Form
je voyage
tu voyages
il/elle voyage
nous voyageons
vous voyagez
ils/elles voyagent

Passé simple

Person Form
je voyageai
tu voyageas
il/elle voyagea
nous voyageâmes
vous voyageâtes
ils/elles voyagèrent

Imperfect

Person Form
je voyageais
tu voyageais
il/elle voyageait
nous voyageions
vous voyageiez
ils/elles voyageaient

Future

Person Form
je voyagerai
tu voyageras
il/elle voyagera
nous voyagerons
vous voyagerez
ils/elles voyageront

Conditional

Person Form
je voyagerais
tu voyagerais
il/elle voyagerait
nous voyagerions
vous voyageriez
ils/elles voyageraient

Present subjunctive

Person Form
je voyage
tu voyages
il/elle voyage
nous voyageions
vous voyageiez
ils/elles voyagent

Imperfect subjunctive

Person Form
je voyageasse
tu voyageasses
il/elle voyageât
nous voyageassions
vous voyageassiez
ils/elles voyageassent

Present perfect

Person Form
je ai voyagé
tu as voyagé
il/elle a voyagé
nous avons voyagé
vous avez voyagé
ils/elles ont voyagé

Pluperfect (past perfect)

Person Form
je avais voyagé
tu avais voyagé
il/elle avait voyagé
nous avions voyagé
vous aviez voyagé
ils/elles avaient voyagé

Future perfect

Person Form
je aurai voyagé
tu auras voyagé
il/elle aura voyagé
nous aurons voyagé
vous aurez voyagé
ils/elles auront voyagé

Conditional perfect

Person Form
je aurais voyagé
tu aurais voyagé
il/elle aurait voyagé
nous aurions voyagé
vous auriez voyagé
ils/elles auraient voyagé

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Form
tu voyage
nous voyageons
vous voyagez

Imperative (negative)

Person Form
tu voyage
nous voyageons
vous voyagez

Gerund and past participle

Form French
Gerund en voyageant
Past participle voyagé

When to use each tense

Present indicative

The present indicative is used for habits, facts and things happening now. With voyager this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Je voyage souvent.” — “I travel often.”

Passé simple

The passé simple is used for completed actions in the past, mainly in written and literary French. For example: “Je voyageai souvent hier.” — “I travelled often yesterday.”

Imperfect

The imperfect is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, and background description. For example: “Je voyageais souvent avant.” — “I used to travel often before.”

Future

The future is used for what will happen, predictions and plans. For example: “Je voyagerai souvent demain.” — “I will travel often tomorrow.”

Conditional

The conditional is used for what would happen, polite requests and hypothetical situations. For example: “Je voyagerais souvent un jour.” — “I would travel often one day.”

Present subjunctive

The present subjunctive is used for wishes, doubts, emotions and opinions after que. With voyager this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Bien que je voyage souvent” — “Although I travel often.”

Imperfect subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive is used for the past subjunctive: wishes and hypotheticals about the past, in formal and literary French. For example: “Bien que je voyageasse souvent” — “Although I travel often.”

Present perfect

The present perfect is used for recent past actions and life experience; this is the everyday spoken past tense, the passé composé. For example: “J'ai voyagé souvent cette semaine.” — “I have travelled often this week.”

Pluperfect (past perfect)

The pluperfect (past perfect) is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “J'avais voyagé souvent avant la fête.” — “I had travelled often before the party.”

Future perfect

The future perfect is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “J'aurai voyagé souvent pour demain.” — “I will have travelled often by tomorrow.”

Conditional perfect

The conditional perfect is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “J'aurais voyagé souvent hier.” — “I would have travelled often yesterday.”

Imperative (affirmative)

The imperative (affirmative) is used for direct commands and instructions. With voyager this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “voyage souvent !” — “Travel often!”

Imperative (negative)

The imperative (negative) is used for prohibitions and negative commands. With voyager this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Ne voyage pas souvent !” — “Don't travel often!”

Gerund and past participle

The gerund en voyageant is used after en for an action in progress, and the past participle voyagé builds the perfect tenses with avoir. For example: “J'ai voyagé en train cette semaine.” — “I have travelled by train this week.”

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with voyager, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the French and try to produce it from the English.

  1. “Je voyage en France.” — “I travel in France.”
  2. “Tu voyageas souvent hier.” — “You travelled often yesterday.”
  3. “Il voyageait en train avant.” — “He used to travel by train before.”
  4. “Je voyagerai tous les ans demain.” — “I will travel every year tomorrow.”
  5. “Tu voyagerais en France un jour.” — “You would travel in France one day.”
  6. “Il a voyagé souvent cette semaine.” — “He has travelled often this week.”
  7. “J'avais voyagé en train avant la fête.” — “I had travelled by train before the party.”
  8. “Tu auras voyagé tous les ans pour demain.” — “You will have travelled every year by tomorrow.”
  9. “Bien que il voyage en France” — “Although he travels in France.”
  10. “voyage souvent !” — “Travel often!”

Common mistakes

1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form

✗ Wrong: “Je voyager en France.”

✓ Right: “Je voyage en France.”

The infinitive voyager never takes a subject. After je you need the conjugated present form voyage.

2. Using the wrong person

✗ Wrong: “Je voyageons souvent.”

✓ Right: “Je voyage souvent.”

voyageons is the nous form. With je the present form is voyage — check the person in the table before you speak.

3. Using the present for a finished past action

✗ Wrong: “Hier, je voyage en France.”

✓ Right: “Hier, j'ai voyagé en France.”

The present voyage describes now. For something finished yesterday, use the passé composé ai voyagé.

4. Using the passé simple in everyday speech

✗ Wrong: “Hier, je voyageai en train.” (in casual conversation)

✓ Right: “Hier, j'ai voyagé en train.”

The passé simple voyageai belongs in novels and formal writing. In everyday speech, say the passé composé ai voyagé.

5. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger

✗ Wrong: “Bien que je voyage en France.”

✓ Right: “Bien que je voyage en France.”

After bien que French needs the subjunctive, so use voyage here, not the indicative voyage.

6. Using the imperfect for a single finished action

✗ Wrong: “Je voyageais tous les ans avant.” (said of one finished moment)

✓ Right: “J'ai voyagé tous les ans avant.”

The imperfect voyageais describes something ongoing or repeated in the past. For one finished action, use the passé composé ai voyagé.

Quiz: test yourself

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

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

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

  2. What is the il/elle form of voyager in the Passé simple?

    • A) voyageai
    • B) voyageâtes
    • C) voyagea
    • D) voyageas

  3. What is the nous form of voyager in the Imperfect?

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

  4. What is the tu form of voyager in the Future?

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

  5. What is the je form of voyager in the Conditional?

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

  6. What is the il/elle form of voyager in the Present subjunctive?

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

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

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

  8. What is the gerund of voyager?

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

  9. What is the past participle of voyager?

    • A) voyagé
    • B) dormi
    • C) bu

  10. What does voyager mean in English?

  • A) sleep
  • B) travel
  • C) open
  • D) drink

Answer key

  1. B) voyage — The je form of voyager in the present indicative is voyage.
  2. C) voyagea — The il/elle form of voyager in the passé simple is voyagea.
  3. C) voyageions — The nous form of voyager in the imperfect is voyageions.
  4. C) voyageras — The tu form of voyager in the future is voyageras.
  5. A) voyagerais — The je form of voyager in the conditional is voyagerais.
  6. C) voyage — The il/elle form of voyager in the present subjunctive is voyage.
  7. C) voyageasse — The je form of voyager in the imperfect subjunctive is voyageasse.
  8. A) voyageant — The gerund of voyager is en voyageant; it is used after en for actions in progress.
  9. A) voyagé — The past participle of voyager is voyagé; perfect tenses use avoir + voyagé.
  10. B) travel — voyager means “travel” in English.

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. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.

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.

What are the gerund and past participle of voyager?

The gerund is en voyageant — use it after en for actions in progress. The past participle is voyagé — use it with avoir for the perfect tenses, as in ai 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, and it is the form you will use most often.

What is the difference between voyager and visiter?

voyager means “travel” while visiter means “visit” — they describe different actions, so they are not interchangeable. Compare the full table for visiter and check the meaning in context before you choose.

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