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Conjugation of the French verb approximer

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

approximer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
approximer	to approximate

Present		Scored
j'approxime	I approximate
tu approximes	you approximate
il approxime	he approximates
elle approxime	she approximates
nous approximons	we approximate
vous approximez	you approximate
ils approximent	they approximate
elles approximent	they approximate

Imperfect		Scored
j'approximais	I was approximating
tu approximais	you were approximating
il approximait	he was approximating
elle approximait	she was approximating
nous approximions	we were approximating
vous approximiez	you were approximating
ils approximaient	they were approximating
elles approximaient	they were approximating

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'approximai	I approximated
tu approximas	you approximated
il approxima	he approximated
elle approxima	she approximated
nous approximâmes	we approximated
vous approximâtes	you approximated
ils approximèrent	they approximated
elles approximèrent	they approximated

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

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

Future		Scored
j'approximerai	I will approximate
tu approximeras	you will approximate
il approximera	he will approximate
elle approximera	she will approximate
nous approximerons	we will approximate
vous approximerez	you will approximate
ils approximeront	they will approximate
elles approximeront	they will approximate

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

Conditional		Scored
j'approximerais	I would approximate
tu approximerais	you would approximate
il approximerait	he would approximate
elle approximerait	she would approximate
nous approximerions	we would approximate
vous approximeriez	you would approximate
ils approximeraient	they would approximate
elles approximeraient	they would approximate

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'approxime	(... that) I approximate
(... que) tu approximes	(... that) you approximate
(... que) il approxime	(... that) he approximates
(... que) elle approxime	(... that) she approximates
(... que) nous approximions	(... that) we approximate
(... que) vous approximiez	(... that) you approximate
(... que) ils approximent	(... that) they approximate
(... que) elles approximent	(... that) they approximate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'approximasse	(... that) I was approximating
(... que) tu approximasses	(... that) you were approximating
(... que) il approximât	(... that) he was approximating
(... que) elle approximât	(... that) she was approximating
(... que) nous approximassions	(... that) we were approximating
(... que) vous approximassiez	(... that) you were approximating
(... que) ils approximassent	(... that) they were approximating
(... que) elles approximassent	(... that) they were approximating

Imperative		Scored
approxime	Approximate
approximons	Let's approximate
approximez	Approximate

Present Participle		Scored
approximant	approximating

Past Participle		Scored
approximé	approximated

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