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Conjugation of the French verb apparaître

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

apparaître is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
apparaître	to appear

Present		Scored
j'apparais	I appear
tu apparais	you appear
il apparaît	he appears
elle apparaît	she appears
nous apparaissons	we appear
vous apparaissez	you appear
ils apparaissent	they appear
elles apparaissent	they appear

Imperfect		Scored
j'apparaissais	I was appearing
tu apparaissais	you were appearing
il apparaissait	he was appearing
elle apparaissait	she was appearing
nous apparaissions	we were appearing
vous apparaissiez	you were appearing
ils apparaissaient	they were appearing
elles apparaissaient	they were appearing

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'apparus	I appeared
tu apparus	you appeared
il apparut	he appeared
elle apparut	she appeared
nous apparûmes	we appeared
vous apparûtes	you appeared
ils apparurent	they appeared
elles apparurent	they appeared

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

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

Future		Scored
j'apparaîtrai	I will appear
tu apparaîtras	you will appear
il apparaîtra	he will appear
elle apparaîtra	she will appear
nous apparaîtrons	we will appear
vous apparaîtrez	you will appear
ils apparaîtront	they will appear
elles apparaîtront	they will appear

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

Conditional		Scored
j'apparaîtrais	I would appear
tu apparaîtrais	you would appear
il apparaîtrait	he would appear
elle apparaîtrait	she would appear
nous apparaîtrions	we would appear
vous apparaîtriez	you would appear
ils apparaîtraient	they would appear
elles apparaîtraient	they would appear

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'apparaisse	(... that) I appear
(... que) tu apparaisses	(... that) you appear
(... que) il apparaisse	(... that) he appears
(... que) elle apparaisse	(... that) she appears
(... que) nous apparaissions	(... that) we appear
(... que) vous apparaissiez	(... that) you appear
(... que) ils apparaissent	(... that) they appear
(... que) elles apparaissent	(... that) they appear

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'apparusse	(... that) I was appearing
(... que) tu apparusses	(... that) you were appearing
(... que) il apparût	(... that) he was appearing
(... que) elle apparût	(... that) she was appearing
(... que) nous apparussions	(... that) we were appearing
(... que) vous apparussiez	(... that) you were appearing
(... que) ils apparussent	(... that) they were appearing
(... que) elles apparussent	(... that) they were appearing

Imperative		Scored
apparais	Appear
apparaissons	Let's appear
apparaissez	Appear

Present Participle		Scored
apparaissant	appearing

Past Participle		Scored
apparu	appeared

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