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Conjugation of the French verb avaler

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

avaler is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
avaler	to swallow

Present		Scored
j'avale	I swallow
tu avales	you swallow
il avale	he swallows
elle avale	she swallows
nous avalons	we swallow
vous avalez	you swallow
ils avalent	they swallow
elles avalent	they swallow

Imperfect		Scored
j'avalais	I was swallowing
tu avalais	you were swallowing
il avalait	he was swallowing
elle avalait	she was swallowing
nous avalions	we were swallowing
vous avaliez	you were swallowing
ils avalaient	they were swallowing
elles avalaient	they were swallowing

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'avalai	I swallowed
tu avalas	you swallowed
il avala	he swallowed
elle avala	she swallowed
nous avalâmes	we swallowed
vous avalâtes	you swallowed
ils avalèrent	they swallowed
elles avalèrent	they swallowed

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

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

Future		Scored
j'avalerai	I will swallow
tu avaleras	you will swallow
il avalera	he will swallow
elle avalera	she will swallow
nous avalerons	we will swallow
vous avalerez	you will swallow
ils avaleront	they will swallow
elles avaleront	they will swallow

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

Conditional		Scored
j'avalerais	I would swallow
tu avalerais	you would swallow
il avalerait	he would swallow
elle avalerait	she would swallow
nous avalerions	we would swallow
vous avaleriez	you would swallow
ils avaleraient	they would swallow
elles avaleraient	they would swallow

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'avale	(... that) I swallow
(... que) tu avales	(... that) you swallow
(... que) il avale	(... that) he swallows
(... que) elle avale	(... that) she swallows
(... que) nous avalions	(... that) we swallow
(... que) vous avaliez	(... that) you swallow
(... que) ils avalent	(... that) they swallow
(... que) elles avalent	(... that) they swallow

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'avalasse	(... that) I was swallowing
(... que) tu avalasses	(... that) you were swallowing
(... que) il avalât	(... that) he was swallowing
(... que) elle avalât	(... that) she was swallowing
(... que) nous avalassions	(... that) we were swallowing
(... que) vous avalassiez	(... that) you were swallowing
(... que) ils avalassent	(... that) they were swallowing
(... que) elles avalassent	(... that) they were swallowing

Imperative		Scored
avale	Swallow
avalons	Let's swallow
avalez	Swallow

Present Participle		Scored
avalant	swallowing

Past Participle		Scored
avalé	swallowed

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