French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | organise | organisais | organiserai | organiserais | organise | organisasse | ||
| tu | organises | organisais | organiseras | organiserais | organises | organisasses | ||
| il | organise | organisait | organisera | organiserait | organise | organisât | ||
| nous | organisons | organisions | organiserons | organiserions | organisions | organisassions | ||
| vous | organisez | organisiez | organiserez | organiseriez | organisiez | organisassiez | ||
| ils | organisent | organisaient | organiseront | organiseraient | organisent | organisassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai organisé | avais organisé | aurai organisé | aurais organisé | aie organisé | eusse organisé | ||
| tu | as organisé | avais organisé | auras organisé | aurais organisé | aies organisé | eusses organisé | ||
| il | a organisé | avait organisé | aura organisé | aurait organisé | ait organisé | eût organisé | ||
| nous | avons organisé | avions organisé | aurons organisé | aurions organisé | ayons organisé | eussions organisé | ||
| vous | avez organisé | aviez organisé | aurez organisé | auriez organisé | ayez organisé | eussiez organisé | ||
| ils | ont organisé | avaient organisé | auront organisé | auraient organisé | aient organisé | eussent organisé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | organisai | eus organisé | (tu) | organise | Present | organisant | ||
| tu | organisas | eus organisé | (nous) | organisons | Past | organisé | ||
| il | organisa | eut organisé | (vous) | organisez | Perfect | ayant organisé | ||
| nous | organisâmes | eûmes organisé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | organisâtes | eûtes organisé | (tu) | aie organisé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | organisèrent | eurent organisé | (nous) | ayons organisé | avoir organisé | |||
| (vous) | ayez organisé | |||||||
Organiser is a regular -er verb.

Knowing whether to use the passé composé or imparfait is particularly difficult when translating certain verbs into French. Very broadly speaking, the imperfect is equivalent to was/were + ___ing, but some English verbs are not often used in this form. So when translating was, had, and liked into French, you have to think about the meaning in order to decide which tense to use.
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