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Conjugation of the French verb achever

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

achever is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
achever	to complete

Present		Scored
j'achève	I complete
tu achèves	you complete
il achève	he completes
elle achève	she completes
nous achevons	we complete
vous achevez	you complete
ils achèvent	they complete
elles achèvent	they complete

Imperfect		Scored
j'achevais	I was completing
tu achevais	you were completing
il achevait	he was completing
elle achevait	she was completing
nous achevions	we were completing
vous acheviez	you were completing
ils achevaient	they were completing
elles achevaient	they were completing

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'achevai	I completed
tu achevas	you completed
il acheva	he completed
elle acheva	she completed
nous achevâmes	we completed
vous achevâtes	you completed
ils achevèrent	they completed
elles achevèrent	they completed

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

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

Future		Scored
j'achèverai	I will complete
tu achèveras	you will complete
il achèvera	he will complete
elle achèvera	she will complete
nous achèverons	we will complete
vous achèverez	you will complete
ils achèveront	they will complete
elles achèveront	they will complete

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

Conditional		Scored
j'achèverais	I would complete
tu achèverais	you would complete
il achèverait	he would complete
elle achèverait	she would complete
nous achèverions	we would complete
vous achèveriez	you would complete
ils achèveraient	they would complete
elles achèveraient	they would complete

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'achève	(... that) I complete
(... que) tu achèves	(... that) you complete
(... que) il achève	(... that) he completes
(... que) elle achève	(... that) she completes
(... que) nous achevions	(... that) we complete
(... que) vous acheviez	(... that) you complete
(... que) ils achèvent	(... that) they complete
(... que) elles achèvent	(... that) they complete

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'achevasse	(... that) I was completing
(... que) tu achevasses	(... that) you were completing
(... que) il achevât	(... that) he was completing
(... que) elle achevât	(... that) she was completing
(... que) nous achevassions	(... that) we were completing
(... que) vous achevassiez	(... that) you were completing
(... que) ils achevassent	(... that) they were completing
(... que) elles achevassent	(... that) they were completing

Imperative		Scored
achève	Complete
achevons	Let's complete
achevez	Complete

Present Participle		Scored
achevant	completing

Past Participle		Scored
achevé	completed

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

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