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Conjugation of the French verb apercevoir

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

apercevoir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
apercevoir	to notice

Present		Scored
j'aperçois	I notice
tu aperçois	you notice
il aperçoit	he notices
elle aperçoit	she notices
nous apercevons	we notice
vous apercevez	you notice
ils aperçoivent	they notice
elles aperçoivent	they notice

Imperfect		Scored
j'apercevais	I was noticing
tu apercevais	you were noticing
il apercevait	he was noticing
elle apercevait	she was noticing
nous apercevions	we were noticing
vous aperceviez	you were noticing
ils apercevaient	they were noticing
elles apercevaient	they were noticing

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'aperçus	I noticed
tu aperçus	you noticed
il aperçut	he noticed
elle aperçut	she noticed
nous aperçûmes	we noticed
vous aperçûtes	you noticed
ils aperçurent	they noticed
elles aperçurent	they noticed

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

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

Future		Scored
j'apercevrai	I will notice
tu apercevras	you will notice
il apercevra	he will notice
elle apercevra	she will notice
nous apercevrons	we will notice
vous apercevrez	you will notice
ils apercevront	they will notice
elles apercevront	they will notice

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

Conditional		Scored
j'apercevrais	I would notice
tu apercevrais	you would notice
il apercevrait	he would notice
elle apercevrait	she would notice
nous apercevrions	we would notice
vous apercevriez	you would notice
ils apercevraient	they would notice
elles apercevraient	they would notice

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'aperçoive	(... that) I notice
(... que) tu aperçoives	(... that) you notice
(... que) il aperçoive	(... that) he notices
(... que) elle aperçoive	(... that) she notices
(... que) nous apercevions	(... that) we notice
(... que) vous aperceviez	(... that) you notice
(... que) ils aperçoivent	(... that) they notice
(... que) elles aperçoivent	(... that) they notice

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'aperçusse	(... that) I was noticing
(... que) tu aperçusses	(... that) you were noticing
(... que) il aperçût	(... that) he was noticing
(... que) elle aperçût	(... that) she was noticing
(... que) nous aperçussions	(... that) we were noticing
(... que) vous aperçussiez	(... that) you were noticing
(... que) ils aperçussent	(... that) they were noticing
(... que) elles aperçussent	(... that) they were noticing

Imperative		Scored
aperçois	Notice
apercevons	Let's notice
apercevez	Notice

Present Participle		Scored
apercevant	noticing

Past Participle		Scored
aperçu	noticed

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