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Conjugation of the French verb abréger

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

abréger is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
abréger	to abbreviate

Present		Scored
j'abrège	I abbreviate
tu abrèges	you abbreviate
il abrège	he abbreviates
elle abrège	she abbreviates
nous abrégeons	we abbreviate
vous abrégez	you abbreviate
ils abrègent	they abbreviate
elles abrègent	they abbreviate

Imperfect		Scored
j'abrégeais	I was abbreviating
tu abrégeais	you were abbreviating
il abrégeait	he was abbreviating
elle abrégeait	she was abbreviating
nous abrégions	we were abbreviating
vous abrégiez	you were abbreviating
ils abrégeaient	they were abbreviating
elles abrégeaient	they were abbreviating

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'abrégeai	I abbreviated
tu abrégeas	you abbreviated
il abrégea	he abbreviated
elle abrégea	she abbreviated
nous abrégeâmes	we abbreviated
vous abrégeâtes	you abbreviated
ils abrégèrent	they abbreviated
elles abrégèrent	they abbreviated

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

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

Future		Scored
j'abrègerai	I will abbreviate
tu abrègeras	you will abbreviate
il abrègera	he will abbreviate
elle abrègera	she will abbreviate
nous abrègerons	we will abbreviate
vous abrègerez	you will abbreviate
ils abrègeront	they will abbreviate
elles abrègeront	they will abbreviate

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

Conditional		Scored
j'abrègerais	I would abbreviate
tu abrègerais	you would abbreviate
il abrègerait	he would abbreviate
elle abrègerait	she would abbreviate
nous abrègerions	we would abbreviate
vous abrègeriez	you would abbreviate
ils abrègeraient	they would abbreviate
elles abrègeraient	they would abbreviate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'abrège	(... that) I abbreviate
(... que) tu abrèges	(... that) you abbreviate
(... que) il abrège	(... that) he abbreviates
(... que) elle abrège	(... that) she abbreviates
(... que) nous abrégions	(... that) we abbreviate
(... que) vous abrégiez	(... that) you abbreviate
(... que) ils abrègent	(... that) they abbreviate
(... que) elles abrègent	(... that) they abbreviate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'abrégeasse	(... that) I was abbreviating
(... que) tu abrégeasses	(... that) you were abbreviating
(... que) il abrégeât	(... that) he was abbreviating
(... que) elle abrégeât	(... that) she was abbreviating
(... que) nous abrégeassions	(... that) we were abbreviating
(... que) vous abrégeassiez	(... that) you were abbreviating
(... que) ils abrégeassent	(... that) they were abbreviating
(... que) elles abrégeassent	(... that) they were abbreviating

Imperative		Scored
abrège	Abbreviate
abrégeons	Let's abbreviate
abrégez	Abbreviate

Present Participle		Scored
abrégeant	abbreviating

Past Participle		Scored
abrégé	abbreviated

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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