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avouer
avouer
French
Verb
avouer
Derived terms
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of avouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | avouer | avoir avoué | |||||
| gerund | en avouant | en ayant avoué | |||||
| present participle | avouant /a.vwɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | avoué /a.vwe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | avoue /a.vu/ |
avoues /a.vu/ |
avoue /a.vu/ |
avouons /a.vwɔ̃/ |
avouez /a.vwe/ |
avouent /a.vu/ |
| imperfect | avouais /a.vwɛ/ |
avouais /a.vwɛ/ |
avouait /a.vwɛ/ |
avouions /a.vu.jɔ̃/ |
avouiez /a.vu.je/ |
avouaient /a.vwɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | avouai /a.vwe/ |
avouas /a.vwa/ |
avoua /a.vwa/ |
avouâmes /a.vwam/ |
avouâtes /a.vwat/ |
avouèrent /a.vwɛʁ/ |
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| future | avouerai /a.vu.ʁe/ |
avoueras /a.vu.ʁa/ |
avouera /a.vu.ʁa/ |
avouerons /a.vu.ʁɔ̃/ |
avouerez /a.vu.ʁe/ |
avoueront /a.vu.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | avouerais /a.vu.ʁɛ/ |
avouerais /a.vu.ʁɛ/ |
avouerait /a.vu.ʁɛ/ |
avouerions /a.vu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
avoueriez /a.vu.ʁje/ |
avoueraient /a.vu.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 | avoue /a.vu/ |
avoues /a.vu/ |
avoue /a.vu/ |
avouions /a.vu.jɔ̃/ |
avouiez /a.vu.je/ |
avouent /a.vu/ |
| imperfect1 |
avouasse /a.vwas/ |
avouasses /a.vwas/ |
avouât /a.vwa/ |
avouassions /a.vwa.sjɔ̃/ |
avouassiez /a.vwa.sje/ |
avouassent /a.vwas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | avoue /a.vu/ |
— | avouons /a.vwɔ̃/ |
avouez /a.vwe/ |
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