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Conjugation of the French verb abdiquer

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

abdiquer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
abdiquer	to abdicate

Present		Scored
j'abdique	I abdicate
tu abdiques	you abdicate
il abdique	he abdicates
elle abdique	she abdicates
nous abdiquons	we abdicate
vous abdiquez	you abdicate
ils abdiquent	they abdicate
elles abdiquent	they abdicate

Imperfect		Scored
j'abdiquais	I was abdicating
tu abdiquais	you were abdicating
il abdiquait	he was abdicating
elle abdiquait	she was abdicating
nous abdiquions	we were abdicating
vous abdiquiez	you were abdicating
ils abdiquaient	they were abdicating
elles abdiquaient	they were abdicating

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'abdiquai	I abdicated
tu abdiquas	you abdicated
il abdiqua	he abdicated
elle abdiqua	she abdicated
nous abdiquâmes	we abdicated
vous abdiquâtes	you abdicated
ils abdiquèrent	they abdicated
elles abdiquèrent	they abdicated

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai abdiqué	I have abdicated
tu as abdiqué	you have abdicated
il a abdiqué	he has abdicated
elle a abdiqué	she has abdicated
nous avons abdiqué	we have abdicated
vous avez abdiqué	you have abdicated
ils ont abdiqué	they have abdicated
elles ont abdiqué	they have abdicated

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais abdiqué	I had abdicated
tu avais abdiqué	you had abdicated
il avait abdiqué	he had abdicated
elle avait abdiqué	she had abdicated
nous avions abdiqué	we had abdicated
vous aviez abdiqué	you had abdicated
ils avaient abdiqué	they had abdicated
elles avaient abdiqué	they had abdicated

Future		Scored
j'abdiquerai	I will abdicate
tu abdiqueras	you will abdicate
il abdiquera	he will abdicate
elle abdiquera	she will abdicate
nous abdiquerons	we will abdicate
vous abdiquerez	you will abdicate
ils abdiqueront	they will abdicate
elles abdiqueront	they will abdicate

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai abdiqué	I will have abdicated
tu auras abdiqué	you will have abdicated
il aura abdiqué	he will have abdicated
elle aura abdiqué	she will have abdicated
nous aurons abdiqué	we will have abdicated
vous aurez abdiqué	you will have abdicated
ils auront abdiqué	they will have abdicated
elles auront abdiqué	they will have abdicated

Conditional		Scored
j'abdiquerais	I would abdicate
tu abdiquerais	you would abdicate
il abdiquerait	he would abdicate
elle abdiquerait	she would abdicate
nous abdiquerions	we would abdicate
vous abdiqueriez	you would abdicate
ils abdiqueraient	they would abdicate
elles abdiqueraient	they would abdicate

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais abdiqué	I would have abdicated
tu aurais abdiqué	you would have abdicated
il aurait abdiqué	he would have abdicated
elle aurait abdiqué	she would have abdicated
nous aurions abdiqué	we would have abdicated
vous auriez abdiqué	you would have abdicated
ils auraient abdiqué	they would have abdicated
elles auraient abdiqué	they would have abdicated

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'abdique	(... that) I abdicate
(... que) tu abdiques	(... that) you abdicate
(... que) il abdique	(... that) he abdicates
(... que) elle abdique	(... that) she abdicates
(... que) nous abdiquions	(... that) we abdicate
(... que) vous abdiquiez	(... that) you abdicate
(... que) ils abdiquent	(... that) they abdicate
(... que) elles abdiquent	(... that) they abdicate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'abdiquasse	(... that) I was abdicating
(... que) tu abdiquasses	(... that) you were abdicating
(... que) il abdiquât	(... that) he was abdicating
(... que) elle abdiquât	(... that) she was abdicating
(... que) nous abdiquassions	(... that) we were abdicating
(... que) vous abdiquassiez	(... that) you were abdicating
(... que) ils abdiquassent	(... that) they were abdicating
(... que) elles abdiquassent	(... that) they were abdicating

Imperative		Scored
abdique	Abdicate
abdiquons	Let's abdicate
abdiquez	Abdicate

Present Participle		Scored
abdiquant	abdicating

Past Participle		Scored
abdiqué	abdicated

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