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Past of the French verb avoir

The past tense conjugations for the French verb avoir, along with their English translations.



Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
j'avaisI was having
tu avaisyou were having
il avaithe was having
elle avaitshe was having
nous avionswe were having
vous aviezyou were having
ils avaientthey were having
elles avaientthey were having

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'eusI had
tu eusyou had
il euthe had
elle eutshe had
nous eûmeswe had
vous eûtesyou had
ils eurentthey had
elles eurentthey had

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai euI have had
tu as euyou have had
il a euhe has had
elle a eushe has had
nous avons euwe have had
vous avez euyou have had
ils ont euthey have had
elles ont euthey have had

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