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Conjugation of the French verb attaquer

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

attaquer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
attaquer	to attack

Present		Scored
j'attaque	I attack
tu attaques	you attack
il attaque	he attacks
elle attaque	she attacks
nous attaquons	we attack
vous attaquez	you attack
ils attaquent	they attack
elles attaquent	they attack

Imperfect		Scored
j'attaquais	I was attacking
tu attaquais	you were attacking
il attaquait	he was attacking
elle attaquait	she was attacking
nous attaquions	we were attacking
vous attaquiez	you were attacking
ils attaquaient	they were attacking
elles attaquaient	they were attacking

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'attaquai	I attacked
tu attaquas	you attacked
il attaqua	he attacked
elle attaqua	she attacked
nous attaquâmes	we attacked
vous attaquâtes	you attacked
ils attaquèrent	they attacked
elles attaquèrent	they attacked

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

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

Future		Scored
j'attaquerai	I will attack
tu attaqueras	you will attack
il attaquera	he will attack
elle attaquera	she will attack
nous attaquerons	we will attack
vous attaquerez	you will attack
ils attaqueront	they will attack
elles attaqueront	they will attack

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

Conditional		Scored
j'attaquerais	I would attack
tu attaquerais	you would attack
il attaquerait	he would attack
elle attaquerait	she would attack
nous attaquerions	we would attack
vous attaqueriez	you would attack
ils attaqueraient	they would attack
elles attaqueraient	they would attack

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'attaque	(... that) I attack
(... que) tu attaques	(... that) you attack
(... que) il attaque	(... that) he attacks
(... que) elle attaque	(... that) she attacks
(... que) nous attaquions	(... that) we attack
(... que) vous attaquiez	(... that) you attack
(... que) ils attaquent	(... that) they attack
(... que) elles attaquent	(... that) they attack

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'attaquasse	(... that) I was attacking
(... que) tu attaquasses	(... that) you were attacking
(... que) il attaquât	(... that) he was attacking
(... que) elle attaquât	(... that) she was attacking
(... que) nous attaquassions	(... that) we were attacking
(... que) vous attaquassiez	(... that) you were attacking
(... que) ils attaquassent	(... that) they were attacking
(... que) elles attaquassent	(... that) they were attacking

Imperative		Scored
attaque	Attack
attaquons	Let's attack
attaquez	Attack

Present Participle		Scored
attaquant	attacking

Past Participle		Scored
attaqué	attacked

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