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Conjugation of the French verb acquérir

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

acquérir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
acquérir	to acquire

Present		Scored
j'acquiers	I acquire
tu acquiers	you acquire
il acquiert	he acquires
elle acquiert	she acquires
nous acquérons	we acquire
vous acquérez	you acquire
ils acquièrent	they acquire
elles acquièrent	they acquire

Imperfect		Scored
j'acquérais	I was acquiring
tu acquérais	you were acquiring
il acquérait	he was acquiring
elle acquérait	she was acquiring
nous acquérions	we were acquiring
vous acquériez	you were acquiring
ils acquéraient	they were acquiring
elles acquéraient	they were acquiring

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'acquis	I acquired
tu acquis	you acquired
il acquit	he acquired
elle acquit	she acquired
nous acquîmes	we acquired
vous acquîtes	you acquired
ils acquirent	they acquired
elles acquirent	they acquired

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

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

Future		Scored
j'acquerrai	I will acquire
tu acquerras	you will acquire
il acquerra	he will acquire
elle acquerra	she will acquire
nous acquerrons	we will acquire
vous acquerrez	you will acquire
ils acquerront	they will acquire
elles acquerront	they will acquire

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

Conditional		Scored
j'acquerrais	I would acquire
tu acquerrais	you would acquire
il acquerrait	he would acquire
elle acquerrait	she would acquire
nous acquerrions	we would acquire
vous acquerriez	you would acquire
ils acquerraient	they would acquire
elles acquerraient	they would acquire

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'acquière	(... that) I acquire
(... que) tu acquières	(... that) you acquire
(... que) il acquière	(... that) he acquires
(... que) elle acquière	(... that) she acquires
(... que) nous acquérions	(... that) we acquire
(... que) vous acquériez	(... that) you acquire
(... que) ils acquièrent	(... that) they acquire
(... que) elles acquièrent	(... that) they acquire

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'acquisse	(... that) I was acquiring
(... que) tu acquisses	(... that) you were acquiring
(... que) il acquît	(... that) he was acquiring
(... que) elle acquît	(... that) she was acquiring
(... que) nous acquissions	(... that) we were acquiring
(... que) vous acquissiez	(... that) you were acquiring
(... que) ils acquissent	(... that) they were acquiring
(... que) elles acquissent	(... that) they were acquiring

Imperative		Scored
acquiers	Acquire
acquérons	Let's acquire
acquérez	Acquire

Present Participle		Scored
acquérant	acquiring

Past Participle		Scored
acquis	acquired

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