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approuver
approuver
French
Verb
approuver
- to approve (of)
Conjugation
Conjugation of approuver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | approuver | avoir approuvé | |||||
| gerund | en approuvant | en ayant approuvé | |||||
| present participle | approuvant /a.pʁu.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | approuvé /a.pʁu.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
approuves /a.pʁuv/ |
approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
approuvons /a.pʁu.vɔ̃/ |
approuvez /a.pʁu.ve/ |
approuvent /a.pʁuv/ |
| imperfect | approuvais /a.pʁu.vɛ/ |
approuvais /a.pʁu.vɛ/ |
approuvait /a.pʁu.vɛ/ |
approuvions /a.pʁu.vjɔ̃/ |
approuviez /a.pʁu.vje/ |
approuvaient /a.pʁu.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | approuvai /a.pʁu.ve/ |
approuvas /a.pʁu.va/ |
approuva /a.pʁu.va/ |
approuvâmes /a.pʁu.vam/ |
approuvâtes /a.pʁu.vat/ |
approuvèrent /a.pʁu.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | approuverai /a.pʁu.vʁe/ |
approuveras /a.pʁu.vʁa/ |
approuvera /a.pʁu.vʁa/ |
approuverons /a.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/ |
approuverez /a.pʁu.vʁe/ |
approuveront /a.pʁu.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | approuverais /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
approuverais /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
approuverait /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
approuverions /a.pʁu.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
approuveriez /a.pʁu.və.ʁje/ |
approuveraient /a.pʁu.vʁɛ/ |
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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 | approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
approuves /a.pʁuv/ |
approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
approuvions /a.pʁu.vjɔ̃/ |
approuviez /a.pʁu.vje/ |
approuvent /a.pʁuv/ |
| imperfect1 |
approuvasse /a.pʁu.vas/ |
approuvasses /a.pʁu.vas/ |
approuvât /a.pʁu.va/ |
approuvassions /a.pʁu.va.sjɔ̃/ |
approuvassiez /a.pʁu.va.sje/ |
approuvassent /a.pʁu.vas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | approuve /a.pʁuv/ |
— | approuvons /a.pʁu.vɔ̃/ |
approuvez /a.pʁu.ve/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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Etymology
From Old French aprover (“to approve”), from Latin approbō, approbāre (“regard as good, approve, favour, commend, endorse”), from ad + probō, probāre (“esteem as good, approve, prove”).
Verb
approuver