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accomplir
accomplir
French
Verb
accomplir
- to accomplish
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of accomplir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | accomplir | avoir accompli | |||||
| gerund | en accomplissant | en ayant accompli | |||||
| present participle | accomplissant /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | accompli /a.kɔ̃.pli/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | accomplis /a.kɔ̃.pli/ |
accomplis /a.kɔ̃.pli/ |
accomplit /a.kɔ̃.pli/ |
accomplissons /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɔ̃/ |
accomplissez /a.kɔ̃.pli.se/ |
accomplissent /a.kɔ̃.plis/ |
| imperfect | accomplissais /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/ |
accomplissais /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/ |
accomplissait /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/ |
accomplissions /a.kɔ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/ |
accomplissiez /a.kɔ̃.pli.sje/ |
accomplissaient /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | accomplis /a.kɔ̃.pli/ |
accomplis /a.kɔ̃.pli/ |
accomplit /a.kɔ̃.pli/ |
accomplîmes /a.kɔ̃.plim/ |
accomplîtes /a.kɔ̃.plit/ |
accomplirent /a.kɔ̃.pliʁ/ |
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| future | accomplirai /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁe/ |
accompliras /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁa/ |
accomplira /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁa/ |
accomplirons /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɔ̃/ |
accomplirez /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁe/ |
accompliront /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | accomplirais /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/ |
accomplirais /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/ |
accomplirait /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/ |
accomplirions /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁjɔ̃/ |
accompliriez /a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁje/ |
accompliraient /a.kɔ̃.pli.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 | accomplisse /a.kɔ̃.plis/ |
accomplisses /a.kɔ̃.plis/ |
accomplisse /a.kɔ̃.plis/ |
accomplissions /a.kɔ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/ |
accomplissiez /a.kɔ̃.pli.sje/ |
accomplissent /a.kɔ̃.plis/ |
| imperfect1 |
accomplisse /a.kɔ̃.plis/ |
accomplisses /a.kɔ̃.plis/ |
accomplît /a.kɔ̃.pli/ |
accomplissions /a.kɔ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/ |
accomplissiez /a.kɔ̃.pli.sje/ |
accomplissent /a.kɔ̃.plis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | accomplis /a.kɔ̃.pli/ |
— | accomplissons /a.kɔ̃.pli.sɔ̃/ |
accomplissez /a.kɔ̃.pli.se/ |
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Derived terms
Middle French
Verb
accomplir
- to finish
- to accomplish
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of accomplir
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | accomplir | avoir accompli | |||||
| gerund | en accomplissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | accomplissant | ||||||
| past participle | accompli | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | accomplis | accomplis | accomplit | accomplissons | accomplissez | accomplissent |
| imperfect | accomplissois, accomplissoys | accomplissois, accomplissoys | accomplissoit, accomplissoyy | accomplissions | accomplissiez | accomplissoient, accomplissoyent | |
| past historic | accomplis | accomplis | accomplit | accomplismes | accomplistes | accomplirent | |
| future | accomplirai, accompliray | accompliras | accomplira | accomplirons | accomplirez | accompliront | |
| conditional | accomplirois, accompliroys | accomplirois, accompliroys | accompliroit, accompliroyt | accomplirions | accompliriez | accompliroient, accompliroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | accomplisse | accomplisses | accomplisse | accomplissions | accomplissiez | accomplissent |
| imperfect | accomplisse | accomplisses | accomplist | accomplissions | accomplissiez | accomplissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | accomplis | — | accomplissons | accomplissez | — | ||
References
- accomplir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)