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Conjugation of the French verb absorber

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

absorber is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
absorber	to absorb

Present		Scored
j'absorbe	I absorb
tu absorbes	you absorb
il absorbe	he absorbs
elle absorbe	she absorbs
nous absorbons	we absorb
vous absorbez	you absorb
ils absorbent	they absorb
elles absorbent	they absorb

Imperfect		Scored
j'absorbais	I was absorbing
tu absorbais	you were absorbing
il absorbait	he was absorbing
elle absorbait	she was absorbing
nous absorbions	we were absorbing
vous absorbiez	you were absorbing
ils absorbaient	they were absorbing
elles absorbaient	they were absorbing

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'absorbai	I absorbed
tu absorbas	you absorbed
il absorba	he absorbed
elle absorba	she absorbed
nous absorbâmes	we absorbed
vous absorbâtes	you absorbed
ils absorbèrent	they absorbed
elles absorbèrent	they absorbed

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

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

Future		Scored
j'absorberai	I will absorb
tu absorberas	you will absorb
il absorbera	he will absorb
elle absorbera	she will absorb
nous absorberons	we will absorb
vous absorberez	you will absorb
ils absorberont	they will absorb
elles absorberont	they will absorb

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

Conditional		Scored
j'absorberais	I would absorb
tu absorberais	you would absorb
il absorberait	he would absorb
elle absorberait	she would absorb
nous absorberions	we would absorb
vous absorberiez	you would absorb
ils absorberaient	they would absorb
elles absorberaient	they would absorb

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'absorbe	(... that) I absorb
(... que) tu absorbes	(... that) you absorb
(... que) il absorbe	(... that) he absorbs
(... que) elle absorbe	(... that) she absorbs
(... que) nous absorbions	(... that) we absorb
(... que) vous absorbiez	(... that) you absorb
(... que) ils absorbent	(... that) they absorb
(... que) elles absorbent	(... that) they absorb

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'absorbasse	(... that) I was absorbing
(... que) tu absorbasses	(... that) you were absorbing
(... que) il absorbât	(... that) he was absorbing
(... que) elle absorbât	(... that) she was absorbing
(... que) nous absorbassions	(... that) we were absorbing
(... que) vous absorbassiez	(... that) you were absorbing
(... que) ils absorbassent	(... that) they were absorbing
(... que) elles absorbassent	(... that) they were absorbing

Imperative		Scored
absorbe	Absorb
absorbons	Let's absorb
absorbez	Absorb

Present Participle		Scored
absorbant	absorbing

Past Participle		Scored
absorbé	absorbed

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