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acquérir
acquérir
See also: acquerir
French
Verb
acquérir
- (transitive) to acquire, to obtain
- (transitive) to purchase
- (reflexive, s'acquérir) to gain, to win (approval, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of acquérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | acquérir | avoir acquis | |||||
| gerund | en acquérant | en ayant acquis | |||||
| present participle | acquérant /a.ke.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | acquis /a.ki/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | acquiers /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquiers /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquiert /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquérons /a.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
acquérez /a.ke.ʁe/ |
acquièrent /a.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | acquérais /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
acquérais /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
acquérait /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
acquérions /a.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquériez /a.ke.ʁje/ |
acquéraient /a.ke.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | acquis /a.ki/ |
acquis /a.ki/ |
acquit /a.ki/ |
acquîmes /a.kim/ |
acquîtes /a.kit/ |
acquirent /a.kiʁ/ |
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| future | acquerrai /a.kɛ.ʁe/ |
acquerras /a.kɛ.ʁa/ |
acquerra /a.kɛ.ʁa/ |
acquerrons /a.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
acquerrez /a.kɛ.ʁe/ |
acquerront /a.kɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | acquerrais /a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
acquerrais /a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
acquerrait /a.kɛ.ʁɛ/ |
acquerrions /a.kɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquerriez /a.kɛ.ʁje/ |
acquerraient /a.kɛ.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 | acquière /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquières /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquière /a.kjɛʁ/ |
acquérions /a.ke.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acquériez /a.ke.ʁje/ |
acquièrent /a.kjɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
acquisse /a.kis/ |
acquisses /a.kis/ |
acquît /a.ki/ |
acquissions /a.ki.sjɔ̃/ |
acquissiez /a.ki.sje/ |
acquissent /a.kis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | acquiers /a.kjɛʁ/ |
— | acquérons /a.ke.ʁɔ̃/ |
acquérez /a.ke.ʁe/ |
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