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approcher
approcher
French
Verb
approcher
- to approach, to come close to, to move towards
Conjugation
Conjugation of approcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | approcher | avoir approché | |||||
| gerund | en approchant | en ayant approché | |||||
| present participle | approchant /a.pʁɔ.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | approché /a.pʁɔ.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | approche /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
approches /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
approche /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
approchons /a.pʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ |
approchez /a.pʁɔ.ʃe/ |
approchent /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
| imperfect | approchais /a.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ |
approchais /a.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ |
approchait /a.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ |
approchions /a.pʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
approchiez /a.pʁɔ.ʃje/ |
approchaient /a.pʁɔ.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | approchai /a.pʁɔ.ʃe/ |
approchas /a.pʁɔ.ʃa/ |
approcha /a.pʁɔ.ʃa/ |
approchâmes /a.pʁɔ.ʃam/ |
approchâtes /a.pʁɔ.ʃat/ |
approchèrent /a.pʁɔ.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | approcherai /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁe/ |
approcheras /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁa/ |
approchera /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁa/ |
approcherons /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
approcherez /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁe/ |
approcheront /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | approcherais /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
approcherais /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
approcherait /a.pʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
approcherions /a.pʁɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
approcheriez /a.pʁɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
approcheraient /a.pʁɔʃ.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 | approche /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
approches /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
approche /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
approchions /a.pʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
approchiez /a.pʁɔ.ʃje/ |
approchent /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
approchasse /a.pʁɔ.ʃas/ |
approchasses /a.pʁɔ.ʃas/ |
approchât /a.pʁɔ.ʃa/ |
approchassions /a.pʁɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
approchassiez /a.pʁɔ.ʃa.sje/ |
approchassent /a.pʁɔ.ʃas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | approche /a.pʁɔʃ/ |
— | approchons /a.pʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/ |
approchez /a.pʁɔ.ʃe/ |
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