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Conjugation of the French verb abattre

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb abattre, along with their English translations.

abattre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
abattre	to cut down

Present		Scored
j'abats	I cut down
tu abats	you cut down
il abat	he cuts down
elle abat	she cuts down
nous abattons	we cut down
vous abattez	you cut down
ils abattent	they cut down
elles abattent	they cut down

Imperfect		Scored
j'abattais	I was cutting down
tu abattais	you were cutting down
il abattait	he was cutting down
elle abattait	she was cutting down
nous abattions	we were cutting down
vous abattiez	you were cutting down
ils abattaient	they were cutting down
elles abattaient	they were cutting down

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'abattis	I cut down
tu abattis	you cut down
il abattit	he cut down
elle abattit	she cut down
nous abattîmes	we cut down
vous abattîtes	you cut down
ils abattirent	they cut down
elles abattirent	they cut down

Future		Scored
j'abattrai	I will cut down
tu abattras	you will cut down
il abattra	he will cut down
elle abattra	she will cut down
nous abattrons	we will cut down
vous abattrez	you will cut down
ils abattront	they will cut down
elles abattront	they will cut down

Conditional		Scored
j'abattrais	I would cut down
tu abattrais	you would cut down
il abattrait	he would cut down
elle abattrait	she would cut down
nous abattrions	we would cut down
vous abattriez	you would cut down
ils abattraient	they would cut down
elles abattraient	they would cut down

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'abatte	(... that) I cut down
(... que) tu abattes	(... that) you cut down
(... que) il abatte	(... that) he cuts down
(... que) elle abatte	(... that) she cuts down
(... que) nous abattions	(... that) we cut down
(... que) vous abattiez	(... that) you cut down
(... que) ils abattent	(... that) they cut down
(... que) elles abattent	(... that) they cut down

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'abattisse	(... that) I was cutting down
(... que) tu abattisses	(... that) you were cutting down
(... que) il abattît	(... that) he was cutting down
(... que) elle abattît	(... that) she was cutting down
(... que) nous abattissions	(... that) we were cutting down
(... que) vous abattissiez	(... that) you were cutting down
(... que) ils abattissent	(... that) they were cutting down
(... que) elles abattissent	(... that) they were cutting down

Imperative		Scored
abats	Cut down
abattons	Let's cut down
abattez	Cut down

Present Participle		Scored
abattant	cutting down

Past Participle		Scored
abattu	cut down

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