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acter
acter
French
Verb
acter
- To enact
Conjugation
Conjugation of acter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | acter | avoir acté | |||||
| gerund | en actant | en ayant acté | |||||
| present participle | actant /ak.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | acté /ak.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 | acte /akt/ |
actes /akt/ |
acte /akt/ |
actons /ak.tɔ̃/ |
actez /ak.te/ |
actent /akt/ |
| imperfect | actais /ak.tɛ/ |
actais /ak.tɛ/ |
actait /ak.tɛ/ |
actions /ak.tjɔ̃/ |
actiez /ak.tje/ |
actaient /ak.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | actai /ak.te/ |
actas /ak.ta/ |
acta /ak.ta/ |
actâmes /ak.tam/ |
actâtes /ak.tat/ |
actèrent /ak.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | acterai /ak.tə.ʁe/ |
acteras /ak.tə.ʁa/ |
actera /ak.tə.ʁa/ |
acterons /ak.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
acterez /ak.tə.ʁe/ |
acteront /ak.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | acterais /ak.tə.ʁɛ/ |
acterais /ak.tə.ʁɛ/ |
acterait /ak.tə.ʁɛ/ |
acterions /ak.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
acteriez /ak.tə.ʁje/ |
acteraient /ak.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 | acte /akt/ |
actes /akt/ |
acte /akt/ |
actions /ak.tjɔ̃/ |
actiez /ak.tje/ |
actent /akt/ |
| imperfect1 |
actasse /ak.tas/ |
actasses /ak.tas/ |
actât /ak.ta/ |
actassions /ak.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
actassiez /ak.ta.sje/ |
actassent /ak.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 | – | |
| — | acte /akt/ |
— | actons /ak.tɔ̃/ |
actez /ak.te/ |
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