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Conjugation of the French verb acheter

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

acheter is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
acheter	to buy

Present		Scored
j'achète	I buy
tu achètes	you buy
il achète	he buys
elle achète	she buys
nous achetons	we buy
vous achetez	you buy
ils achètent	they buy
elles achètent	they buy

Imperfect		Scored
j'achetais	I was buying
tu achetais	you were buying
il achetait	he was buying
elle achetait	she was buying
nous achetions	we were buying
vous achetiez	you were buying
ils achetaient	they were buying
elles achetaient	they were buying

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'achetai	I bought
tu achetas	you bought
il acheta	he bought
elle acheta	she bought
nous achetâmes	we bought
vous achetâtes	you bought
ils achetèrent	they bought
elles achetèrent	they bought

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

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

Future		Scored
j'achèterai	I will buy
tu achèteras	you will buy
il achètera	he will buy
elle achètera	she will buy
nous achèterons	we will buy
vous achèterez	you will buy
ils achèteront	they will buy
elles achèteront	they will buy

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

Conditional		Scored
j'achèterais	I would buy
tu achèterais	you would buy
il achèterait	he would buy
elle achèterait	she would buy
nous achèterions	we would buy
vous achèteriez	you would buy
ils achèteraient	they would buy
elles achèteraient	they would buy

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'achète	(... that) I buy
(... que) tu achètes	(... that) you buy
(... que) il achète	(... that) he buys
(... que) elle achète	(... that) she buys
(... que) nous achetions	(... that) we buy
(... que) vous achetiez	(... that) you buy
(... que) ils achètent	(... that) they buy
(... que) elles achètent	(... that) they buy

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'achetasse	(... that) I was buying
(... que) tu achetasses	(... that) you were buying
(... que) il achetât	(... that) he was buying
(... que) elle achetât	(... that) she was buying
(... que) nous achetassions	(... that) we were buying
(... que) vous achetassiez	(... that) you were buying
(... que) ils achetassent	(... that) they were buying
(... que) elles achetassent	(... that) they were buying

Imperative		Scored
achète	Buy
achetons	Let's buy
achetez	Buy

Present Participle		Scored
achetant	buying

Past Participle		Scored
acheté	bought

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