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Conjugation of the French verb agir

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

agir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
agir	to act

Present		Scored
j'agis	I act
tu agis	you act
il agit	he acts
elle agit	she acts
nous agissons	we act
vous agissez	you act
ils agissent	they act
elles agissent	they act

Imperfect		Scored
j'agissais	I was acting
tu agissais	you were acting
il agissait	he was acting
elle agissait	she was acting
nous agissions	we were acting
vous agissiez	you were acting
ils agissaient	they were acting
elles agissaient	they were acting

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'agis	I acted
tu agis	you acted
il agit	he acted
elle agit	she acted
nous agîmes	we acted
vous agîtes	you acted
ils agirent	they acted
elles agirent	they acted

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

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

Future		Scored
j'agirai	I will act
tu agiras	you will act
il agira	he will act
elle agira	she will act
nous agirons	we will act
vous agirez	you will act
ils agiront	they will act
elles agiront	they will act

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

Conditional		Scored
j'agirais	I would act
tu agirais	you would act
il agirait	he would act
elle agirait	she would act
nous agirions	we would act
vous agiriez	you would act
ils agiraient	they would act
elles agiraient	they would act

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'agisse	(... that) I act
(... que) tu agisses	(... that) you act
(... que) il agisse	(... that) he acts
(... que) elle agisse	(... that) she acts
(... que) nous agissions	(... that) we act
(... que) vous agissiez	(... that) you act
(... que) ils agissent	(... that) they act
(... que) elles agissent	(... that) they act

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'agisse	(... that) I was acting
(... que) tu agisses	(... that) you were acting
(... que) il agît	(... that) he was acting
(... que) elle agît	(... that) she was acting
(... que) nous agissions	(... that) we were acting
(... que) vous agissiez	(... that) you were acting
(... que) ils agissent	(... that) they were acting
(... que) elles agissent	(... that) they were acting

Imperative		Scored
agis	Act
agissons	Let's act
agissez	Act

Present Participle		Scored
agissant	acting

Past Participle		Scored
agi	acted

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