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aborder
aborder
French
Verb
aborder
- (transitive) To deal with; to tackle; to approach a problem, situation or topic.
- (transitive) To approach or meet somebody.
- (transitive, of vehicles) To place side to side.
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) To reach, especially with a boat.
- (transitive, originally nautical, literary, rare) To attack, especially a boat.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of aborder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | aborder | avoir abordé | |||||
| gerund | en abordant | en ayant abordé | |||||
| present participle | abordant /a.bɔʁ.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | abordé /a.bɔʁ.de/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aborde /a.bɔʁd/ |
abordes /a.bɔʁd/ |
aborde /a.bɔʁd/ |
abordons /a.bɔʁ.dɔ̃/ |
abordez /a.bɔʁ.de/ |
abordent /a.bɔʁd/ |
| imperfect | abordais /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/ |
abordais /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/ |
abordait /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/ |
abordions /a.bɔʁ.djɔ̃/ |
abordiez /a.bɔʁ.dje/ |
abordaient /a.bɔʁ.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | abordai /a.bɔʁ.de/ |
abordas /a.bɔʁ.da/ |
aborda /a.bɔʁ.da/ |
abordâmes /a.bɔʁ.dam/ |
abordâtes /a.bɔʁ.dat/ |
abordèrent /a.bɔʁ.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | aborderai /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁe/ |
aborderas /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁa/ |
abordera /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁa/ |
aborderons /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
aborderez /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁe/ |
aborderont /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | aborderais /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
aborderais /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
aborderait /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
aborderions /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aborderiez /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁje/ |
aborderaient /a.bɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aborde /a.bɔʁd/ |
abordes /a.bɔʁd/ |
aborde /a.bɔʁd/ |
abordions /a.bɔʁ.djɔ̃/ |
abordiez /a.bɔʁ.dje/ |
abordent /a.bɔʁd/ |
| imperfect1 |
abordasse /a.bɔʁ.das/ |
abordasses /a.bɔʁ.das/ |
abordât /a.bɔʁ.da/ |
abordassions /a.bɔʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ |
abordassiez /a.bɔʁ.da.sje/ |
abordassent /a.bɔʁ.das/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | aborde /a.bɔʁd/ |
— | abordons /a.bɔʁ.dɔ̃/ |
abordez /a.bɔʁ.de/ |
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