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appuyer
appuyer
French
Verb
appuyer
- (transitive) to press, push
- (transitive) to rest
- (transitive) to support, to back
- (reflexive, with sur/contre) to lean (on/against)
- (reflexive, with sur) to depend (on), to rely (on)
- (reflexive) to put up with
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
Conjugation of appuyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | appuyer | avoir appuyé | |||||
| gerund | en appuyant | en ayant appuyé | |||||
| present participle | appuyant /a.pɥi.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | appuyé /a.pɥi.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | appuie /a.pɥi/ |
appuies /a.pɥi/ |
appuie /a.pɥi/ |
appuyons /a.pɥi.jɔ̃/ |
appuyez /a.pɥi.je/ |
appuient /a.pɥi/ |
| imperfect | appuyais /a.pɥi.jɛ/ |
appuyais /a.pɥi.jɛ/ |
appuyait /a.pɥi.jɛ/ |
appuyions /a.pɥij.jɔ̃/ |
appuyiez /a.pɥij.je/ |
appuyaient /a.pɥi.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | appuyai /a.pɥi.je/ |
appuyas /a.pɥi.ja/ |
appuya /a.pɥi.ja/ |
appuyâmes /a.pɥi.jam/ |
appuyâtes /a.pɥi.jat/ |
appuyèrent /a.pɥi.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | appuierai /a.pɥi.ʁe/ |
appuieras /a.pɥi.ʁa/ |
appuiera /a.pɥi.ʁa/ |
appuierons /a.pɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
appuierez /a.pɥi.ʁe/ |
appuieront /a.pɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | appuierais /a.pɥi.ʁɛ/ |
appuierais /a.pɥi.ʁɛ/ |
appuierait /a.pɥi.ʁɛ/ |
appuierions /a.pɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
appuieriez /a.pɥi.ʁje/ |
appuieraient /a.pɥi.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 | appuie /a.pɥi/ |
appuies /a.pɥi/ |
appuie /a.pɥi/ |
appuyions /a.pɥij.jɔ̃/ |
appuyiez /a.pɥij.je/ |
appuient /a.pɥi/ |
| imperfect1 |
appuyasse /a.pɥi.jas/ |
appuyasses /a.pɥi.jas/ |
appuyât /a.pɥi.ja/ |
appuyassions /a.pɥi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
appuyassiez /a.pɥi.ja.sje/ |
appuyassent /a.pɥi.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | appuie /a.pɥi/ |
— | appuyons /a.pɥi.jɔ̃/ |
appuyez /a.pɥi.je/ |
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