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Conjugation of the French verb ancrer

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

ancrer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
ancrer	to anchor

Present		Scored
j'ancre	I anchor
tu ancres	you anchor
il ancre	he anchors
elle ancre	she anchors
nous ancrons	we anchor
vous ancrez	you anchor
ils ancrent	they anchor
elles ancrent	they anchor

Imperfect		Scored
j'ancrais	I was anchoring
tu ancrais	you were anchoring
il ancrait	he was anchoring
elle ancrait	she was anchoring
nous ancrions	we were anchoring
vous ancriez	you were anchoring
ils ancraient	they were anchoring
elles ancraient	they were anchoring

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'ancrai	I anchored
tu ancras	you anchored
il ancra	he anchored
elle ancra	she anchored
nous ancrâmes	we anchored
vous ancrâtes	you anchored
ils ancrèrent	they anchored
elles ancrèrent	they anchored

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

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

Future		Scored
j'ancrerai	I will anchor
tu ancreras	you will anchor
il ancrera	he will anchor
elle ancrera	she will anchor
nous ancrerons	we will anchor
vous ancrerez	you will anchor
ils ancreront	they will anchor
elles ancreront	they will anchor

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

Conditional		Scored
j'ancrerais	I would anchor
tu ancrerais	you would anchor
il ancrerait	he would anchor
elle ancrerait	she would anchor
nous ancrerions	we would anchor
vous ancreriez	you would anchor
ils ancreraient	they would anchor
elles ancreraient	they would anchor

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'ancre	(... that) I anchor
(... que) tu ancres	(... that) you anchor
(... que) il ancre	(... that) he anchors
(... que) elle ancre	(... that) she anchors
(... que) nous ancrions	(... that) we anchor
(... que) vous ancriez	(... that) you anchor
(... que) ils ancrent	(... that) they anchor
(... que) elles ancrent	(... that) they anchor

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'ancrasse	(... that) I was anchoring
(... que) tu ancrasses	(... that) you were anchoring
(... que) il ancrât	(... that) he was anchoring
(... que) elle ancrât	(... that) she was anchoring
(... que) nous ancrassions	(... that) we were anchoring
(... que) vous ancrassiez	(... that) you were anchoring
(... que) ils ancrassent	(... that) they were anchoring
(... que) elles ancrassent	(... that) they were anchoring

Imperative		Scored
ancre	Anchor
ancrons	Let's anchor
ancrez	Anchor

Present Participle		Scored
ancrant	anchoring

Past Participle		Scored
ancré	anchored

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