How do you conjugate "sentir" in the Present Simple tense in French?

Present Simple conjugation of sentir: je sens, tu sens, il/elle sent, nous sentons, vous sentez, ils/elles sentent. Example: "Je sens du pain frais de la boulangerie." — "I smell fresh bread from the bakery."

How do you conjugate "sentir" in the Present Perfect tense in French?

Present Perfect conjugation of sentir: je ai senti, tu as senti, il/elle a senti, nous avons senti, vous avez senti, ils/elles ont senti. Example: "J'ai senti quelque chose de bizarre." — "I smelled something strange."

How do you conjugate "sentir" in the Imperfect tense in French?

Imperfect conjugation of sentir: je sentais, tu sentais, il/elle sentait, nous sentions, vous sentiez, ils/elles sentaient. Example: "Je sentais la pluie qui arrivait." — "I could smell the rain coming."

sentir (to smell) — French Conjugation, All Tenses & Examples

sentir (to smell) — French Verbs Conjugation Tables

Learn to conjugate sentir (to smell) across all tenses in French. Each tense includes real example sentences in French and English, used in Rhythmica's music-based learning system.

sentir — Present Simple in French

sentir Present Simple conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	sens	Je sens du pain frais de la boulangerie.	I smell fresh bread from the bakery.
tu	sens	Tu sens les fleurs dans le jardin.	You smell the flowers in the garden.
il/elle	sent	Il sent quelque chose qui brûle.	He/she smells something burning.
nous	sentons	Nous sentons le café chaque matin.	We smell coffee every morning.
vous	sentez	Vous sentez la mer d'ici.	You all smell the sea from here.
ils/elles	sentent	Ils sentent de la fumée dans l'air.	They smell smoke in the air.

sentir — Present Perfect in French

sentir Present Perfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	ai senti	J'ai senti quelque chose de bizarre.	I smelled something strange.
tu	as senti	Tu as senti le pain frais.	You smelled the fresh bread.
il/elle	a senti	Il a senti les roses dans le jardin.	He/She smelled the roses in the garden.
nous	avons senti	Nous avons senti du café ce matin.	We smelled coffee this morning.
vous	avez senti	Vous avez senti la fumée du feu.	You all smelled the smoke from the fire.
ils/elles	ont senti	Ils ont senti quelque chose de délicieux.	They smelled something delicious.

sentir — Imperfect in French

sentir Imperfect conjugation
Pronoun	Conjugation	Example in French	English
je	sentais	Je sentais la pluie qui arrivait.	I could smell the rain coming.
tu	sentais	Tu sentais les roses dans ce jardin.	You used to smell roses in that garden.
il/elle	sentait	Elle sentait le dîner qui cuisait.	He/she could smell dinner cooking.
nous	sentions	Nous sentions l'océan tous les jours.	We could smell the ocean every day.
vous	sentiez	Vous sentiez le parfum qu'elle portait.	You all could smell the perfume she wore.
ils/elles	sentaient	Elles sentaient la peinture fraîche partout.	They could smell fresh paint everywhere.

sentir — to smell — French Verbs

sentir (to smell) — French Verbs Conjugation Tables

sentir — Present Simple in French

sentir — Present Perfect in French

sentir — Imperfect in French