Lexis Rex Home

Conjugation of the French verb appuyer

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

appuyer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
appuyer	to lean on

Present		Scored
j'appuie	I lean on
tu appuies	you lean on
il appuie	he leans on
elle appuie	she leans on
nous appuyons	we lean on
vous appuyez	you lean on
ils appuient	they lean on
elles appuient	they lean on

Imperfect		Scored
j'appuyais	I was leaning on
tu appuyais	you were leaning on
il appuyait	he was leaning on
elle appuyait	she was leaning on
nous appuyions	we were leaning on
vous appuyiez	you were leaning on
ils appuyaient	they were leaning on
elles appuyaient	they were leaning on

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'appuyai	I leaned on
tu appuyas	you leaned on
il appuya	he leaned on
elle appuya	she leaned on
nous appuyâmes	we leaned on
vous appuyâtes	you leaned on
ils appuyèrent	they leaned on
elles appuyèrent	they leaned on

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

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

Future		Scored
j'appuierai	I will lean on
tu appuieras	you will lean on
il appuiera	he will lean on
elle appuiera	she will lean on
nous appuierons	we will lean on
vous appuierez	you will lean on
ils appuieront	they will lean on
elles appuieront	they will lean on

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

Conditional		Scored
j'appuierais	I would lean on
tu appuierais	you would lean on
il appuierait	he would lean on
elle appuierait	she would lean on
nous appuierions	we would lean on
vous appuieriez	you would lean on
ils appuieraient	they would lean on
elles appuieraient	they would lean on

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'appuie	(... that) I lean on
(... que) tu appuies	(... that) you lean on
(... que) il appuie	(... that) he leans on
(... que) elle appuie	(... that) she leans on
(... que) nous appuyions	(... that) we lean on
(... que) vous appuyiez	(... that) you lean on
(... que) ils appuient	(... that) they lean on
(... que) elles appuient	(... that) they lean on

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'appuyasse	(... that) I was leaning on
(... que) tu appuyasses	(... that) you were leaning on
(... que) il appuyât	(... that) he was leaning on
(... que) elle appuyât	(... that) she was leaning on
(... que) nous appuyassions	(... that) we were leaning on
(... que) vous appuyassiez	(... that) you were leaning on
(... que) ils appuyassent	(... that) they were leaning on
(... que) elles appuyassent	(... that) they were leaning on

Imperative		Scored
appuie	Lean on
XX	on
XX	on
appuyons	Let's lean on
appuyez	Lean on
XX	on
XX	on

Present Participle		Scored
appuyant	leaning on

Past Participle		Scored
appuyé	leant on

Regular conjugation

Irregular conjugation

Spelling change

Learn these with

Multiple Choice

Missing Verb Game