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Conjugation of the French verb adopter

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

adopter is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
adopter	to adopt

Present		Scored
j'adopte	I adopt
tu adoptes	you adopt
il adopte	he adopts
elle adopte	she adopts
nous adoptons	we adopt
vous adoptez	you adopt
ils adoptent	they adopt
elles adoptent	they adopt

Imperfect		Scored
j'adoptais	I was adopting
tu adoptais	you were adopting
il adoptait	he was adopting
elle adoptait	she was adopting
nous adoptions	we were adopting
vous adoptiez	you were adopting
ils adoptaient	they were adopting
elles adoptaient	they were adopting

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'adoptai	I adopted
tu adoptas	you adopted
il adopta	he adopted
elle adopta	she adopted
nous adoptâmes	we adopted
vous adoptâtes	you adopted
ils adoptèrent	they adopted
elles adoptèrent	they adopted

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

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

Future		Scored
j'adopterai	I will adopt
tu adopteras	you will adopt
il adoptera	he will adopt
elle adoptera	she will adopt
nous adopterons	we will adopt
vous adopterez	you will adopt
ils adopteront	they will adopt
elles adopteront	they will adopt

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

Conditional		Scored
j'adopterais	I would adopt
tu adopterais	you would adopt
il adopterait	he would adopt
elle adopterait	she would adopt
nous adopterions	we would adopt
vous adopteriez	you would adopt
ils adopteraient	they would adopt
elles adopteraient	they would adopt

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'adopte	(... that) I adopt
(... que) tu adoptes	(... that) you adopt
(... que) il adopte	(... that) he adopts
(... que) elle adopte	(... that) she adopts
(... que) nous adoptions	(... that) we adopt
(... que) vous adoptiez	(... that) you adopt
(... que) ils adoptent	(... that) they adopt
(... que) elles adoptent	(... that) they adopt

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'adoptasse	(... that) I was adopting
(... que) tu adoptasses	(... that) you were adopting
(... que) il adoptât	(... that) he was adopting
(... que) elle adoptât	(... that) she was adopting
(... que) nous adoptassions	(... that) we were adopting
(... que) vous adoptassiez	(... that) you were adopting
(... que) ils adoptassent	(... that) they were adopting
(... que) elles adoptassent	(... that) they were adopting

Imperative		Scored
adopte	Adopt
adoptons	Let's adopt
adoptez	Adopt

Present Participle		Scored
adoptant	adopting

Past Participle		Scored
adopté	adopted

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