Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb avoir

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb avoir, along with their English translations.

avoir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'eus	I had
tu eus	you had
il eut	he had
elle eut	she had
nous eûmes	we had
vous eûtes	you had
ils eurent	they had
elles eurent	they had

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