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accoster
accoster
French
Verb
accoster
- (transitive) to lay something next to another object
- (transitive, by extension) to interrupt someone
- (nautical) to come ashore
Conjugation
Conjugation of accoster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | accoster | avoir accosté | |||||
| gerund | en accostant | en ayant accosté | |||||
| present participle | accostant /a.kɔs.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | accosté /a.kɔs.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | accoste /a.kɔst/ |
accostes /a.kɔst/ |
accoste /a.kɔst/ |
accostons /a.kɔs.tɔ̃/ |
accostez /a.kɔs.te/ |
accostent /a.kɔst/ |
| imperfect | accostais /a.kɔs.tɛ/ |
accostais /a.kɔs.tɛ/ |
accostait /a.kɔs.tɛ/ |
accostions /a.kɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
accostiez /a.kɔs.tje/ |
accostaient /a.kɔs.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | accostai /a.kɔs.te/ |
accostas /a.kɔs.ta/ |
accosta /a.kɔs.ta/ |
accostâmes /a.kɔs.tam/ |
accostâtes /a.kɔs.tat/ |
accostèrent /a.kɔs.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | accosterai /a.kɔs.tə.ʁe/ |
accosteras /a.kɔs.tə.ʁa/ |
accostera /a.kɔs.tə.ʁa/ |
accosterons /a.kɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
accosterez /a.kɔs.tə.ʁe/ |
accosteront /a.kɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | accosterais /a.kɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
accosterais /a.kɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
accosterait /a.kɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
accosterions /a.kɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
accosteriez /a.kɔs.tə.ʁje/ |
accosteraient /a.kɔs.tə.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 | accoste /a.kɔst/ |
accostes /a.kɔst/ |
accoste /a.kɔst/ |
accostions /a.kɔs.tjɔ̃/ |
accostiez /a.kɔs.tje/ |
accostent /a.kɔst/ |
| imperfect1 |
accostasse /a.kɔs.tas/ |
accostasses /a.kɔs.tas/ |
accostât /a.kɔs.ta/ |
accostassions /a.kɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
accostassiez /a.kɔs.ta.sje/ |
accostassent /a.kɔs.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | accoste /a.kɔst/ |
— | accostons /a.kɔs.tɔ̃/ |
accostez /a.kɔs.te/ |
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