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Conjugation of the French verb accélérer

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

accélérer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
accélérer	to accelerate

Present		Scored
j'accélère	I accelerate
tu accélères	you accelerate
il accélère	he accelerates
elle accélère	she accelerates
nous accélérons	we accelerate
vous accélérez	you accelerate
ils accélèrent	they accelerate
elles accélèrent	they accelerate

Imperfect		Scored
j'accélérais	I was accelerating
tu accélérais	you were accelerating
il accélérait	he was accelerating
elle accélérait	she was accelerating
nous accélérions	we were accelerating
vous accélériez	you were accelerating
ils accéléraient	they were accelerating
elles accéléraient	they were accelerating

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'accélérai	I accelerated
tu accéléras	you accelerated
il accéléra	he accelerated
elle accéléra	she accelerated
nous accélérâmes	we accelerated
vous accélérâtes	you accelerated
ils accélérèrent	they accelerated
elles accélérèrent	they accelerated

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

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

Future		Scored
j'accélèrerai	I will accelerate
tu accélèreras	you will accelerate
il accélèrera	he will accelerate
elle accélèrera	she will accelerate
nous accélèrerons	we will accelerate
vous accélèrerez	you will accelerate
ils accélèreront	they will accelerate
elles accélèreront	they will accelerate

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

Conditional		Scored
j'accélèrerais	I would accelerate
tu accélèrerais	you would accelerate
il accélèrerait	he would accelerate
elle accélèrerait	she would accelerate
nous accélèrerions	we would accelerate
vous accélèreriez	you would accelerate
ils accélèreraient	they would accelerate
elles accélèreraient	they would accelerate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'accélère	(... that) I accelerate
(... que) tu accélères	(... that) you accelerate
(... que) il accélère	(... that) he accelerates
(... que) elle accélère	(... that) she accelerates
(... que) nous accélérions	(... that) we accelerate
(... que) vous accélériez	(... that) you accelerate
(... que) ils accélèrent	(... that) they accelerate
(... que) elles accélèrent	(... that) they accelerate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'accélérasse	(... that) I was accelerating
(... que) tu accélérasses	(... that) you were accelerating
(... que) il accélérât	(... that) he was accelerating
(... que) elle accélérât	(... that) she was accelerating
(... que) nous accélérassions	(... that) we were accelerating
(... que) vous accélérassiez	(... that) you were accelerating
(... que) ils accélérassent	(... that) they were accelerating
(... que) elles accélérassent	(... that) they were accelerating

Imperative		Scored
accélère	Accelerate
accélérons	Let's accelerate
accélérez	Accelerate

Present Participle		Scored
accélérant	accelerating

Past Participle		Scored
accéléré	accelerated

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