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Conjugation of the French verb aborder

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

aborder is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
aborder	to address

Present		Scored
j'aborde	I address
tu abordes	you address
il aborde	he addresses
elle aborde	she addresses
nous abordons	we address
vous abordez	you address
ils abordent	they address
elles abordent	they address

Imperfect		Scored
j'abordais	I was addressing
tu abordais	you were addressing
il abordait	he was addressing
elle abordait	she was addressing
nous abordions	we were addressing
vous abordiez	you were addressing
ils abordaient	they were addressing
elles abordaient	they were addressing

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'abordai	I addressed
tu abordas	you addressed
il aborda	he addressed
elle aborda	she addressed
nous abordâmes	we addressed
vous abordâtes	you addressed
ils abordèrent	they addressed
elles abordèrent	they addressed

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

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

Future		Scored
j'aborderai	I will address
tu aborderas	you will address
il abordera	he will address
elle abordera	she will address
nous aborderons	we will address
vous aborderez	you will address
ils aborderont	they will address
elles aborderont	they will address

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 abordé	I will have addressed
tu auras abordé	you will have addressed
il aura abordé	he will have addressed
elle aura abordé	she will have addressed
nous aurons abordé	we will have addressed
vous aurez abordé	you will have addressed
ils auront abordé	they will have addressed
elles auront abordé	they will have addressed

Conditional		Scored
j'aborderais	I would address
tu aborderais	you would address
il aborderait	he would address
elle aborderait	she would address
nous aborderions	we would address
vous aborderiez	you would address
ils aborderaient	they would address
elles aborderaient	they would address

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 abordé	I would have addressed
tu aurais abordé	you would have addressed
il aurait abordé	he would have addressed
elle aurait abordé	she would have addressed
nous aurions abordé	we would have addressed
vous auriez abordé	you would have addressed
ils auraient abordé	they would have addressed
elles auraient abordé	they would have addressed

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'aborde	(... that) I address
(... que) tu abordes	(... that) you address
(... que) il aborde	(... that) he addresses
(... que) elle aborde	(... that) she addresses
(... que) nous abordions	(... that) we address
(... que) vous abordiez	(... that) you address
(... que) ils abordent	(... that) they address
(... que) elles abordent	(... that) they address

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'abordasse	(... that) I was addressing
(... que) tu abordasses	(... that) you were addressing
(... que) il abordât	(... that) he was addressing
(... que) elle abordât	(... that) she was addressing
(... que) nous abordassions	(... that) we were addressing
(... que) vous abordassiez	(... that) you were addressing
(... que) ils abordassent	(... that) they were addressing
(... que) elles abordassent	(... that) they were addressing

Imperative		Scored
aborde	Address
abordons	Let's address
abordez	Address

Present Participle		Scored
abordant	addressing

Past Participle		Scored
abordé	addressed

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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