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Conjugation of the French verb accroître

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

accroître is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
accroître	to accrue

Present		Scored
j'accrois	I accrue
tu accrois	you accrue
il accroissent	he accrues
elle accroissent	she accrues
nous accroissons	we accrue
vous accroissez	you accrue
ils accroissent	they accrue
elles accroissent	they accrue

Imperfect		Scored
j'accroissais	I was accruing
tu accroissais	you were accruing
il accroissait	he was accruing
elle accroissait	she was accruing
nous accroissions	we were accruing
vous accroissiez	you were accruing
ils accroissaient	they were accruing
elles accroissaient	they were accruing

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'accrus	I accrued
tu accrus	you accrued
il accrut	he accrued
elle accrut	she accrued
nous accrûmes	we accrued
vous accrûtes	you accrued
ils accrurent	they accrued
elles accrurent	they accrued

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

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

Future		Scored
j'accroîtrai	I will accrue
tu accroîtras	you will accrue
il accroîtra	he will accrue
elle accroîtra	she will accrue
nous accroîtrons	we will accrue
vous accroîtrez	you will accrue
ils accroîtront	they will accrue
elles accroîtront	they will accrue

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

Conditional		Scored
j'accroîtrais	I would accrue
tu accroîtrais	you would accrue
il accroîtrait	he would accrue
elle accroîtrait	she would accrue
nous accroîtrions	we would accrue
vous accroîtriez	you would accrue
ils accroîtraient	they would accrue
elles accroîtraient	they would accrue

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'accroisse	(... that) I accrue
(... que) tu accroisses	(... that) you accrue
(... que) il accroisse	(... that) he accrues
(... que) elle accroisse	(... that) she accrues
(... que) nous accroissions	(... that) we accrue
(... que) vous accroissiez	(... that) you accrue
(... que) ils accroissent	(... that) they accrue
(... que) elles accroissent	(... that) they accrue

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'accrusse	(... that) I was accruing
(... que) tu accrusses	(... that) you were accruing
(... que) il accrût	(... that) he was accruing
(... que) elle accrût	(... that) she was accruing
(... que) nous accrussions	(... that) we were accruing
(... que) vous accrussiez	(... that) you were accruing
(... que) ils accrussent	(... that) they were accruing
(... que) elles accrussent	(... that) they were accruing

Imperative		Scored
accrois	Accrue
accroissons	Let's accrue
accroissez	Accrue

Present Participle		Scored
accroissant	accruing

Past Participle		Scored
accru	accrued

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