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Conjugation of the French verb avancer

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

avancer is a regular verb with spelling changes

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
avancer	to advance

Present		Scored
j'avance	I advance
tu avances	you advance
il avance	he advances
elle avance	she advances
nous avançons	we advance
vous avancez	you advance
ils avancent	they advance
elles avancent	they advance

Imperfect		Scored
j'avançais	I was advancing
tu avançais	you were advancing
il avançait	he was advancing
elle avançait	she was advancing
nous avancions	we were advancing
vous avanciez	you were advancing
ils avançaient	they were advancing
elles avançaient	they were advancing

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'avançai	I advanced
tu avanças	you advanced
il avança	he advanced
elle avança	she advanced
nous avançâmes	we advanced
vous avançâtes	you advanced
ils avancèrent	they advanced
elles avancèrent	they advanced

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

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

Future		Scored
j'avancerai	I will advance
tu avanceras	you will advance
il avancera	he will advance
elle avancera	she will advance
nous avancerons	we will advance
vous avancerez	you will advance
ils avanceront	they will advance
elles avanceront	they will advance

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

Conditional		Scored
j'avancerais	I would advance
tu avancerais	you would advance
il avancerait	he would advance
elle avancerait	she would advance
nous avancerions	we would advance
vous avanceriez	you would advance
ils avanceraient	they would advance
elles avanceraient	they would advance

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'avance	(... that) I advance
(... que) tu avances	(... that) you advance
(... que) il avance	(... that) he advances
(... que) elle avance	(... that) she advances
(... que) nous avancions	(... that) we advance
(... que) vous avanciez	(... that) you advance
(... que) ils avancent	(... that) they advance
(... que) elles avancent	(... that) they advance

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'avançasse	(... that) I was advancing
(... que) tu avançasses	(... that) you were advancing
(... que) il avançât	(... that) he was advancing
(... que) elle avançât	(... that) she was advancing
(... que) nous avançassions	(... that) we were advancing
(... que) vous avançassiez	(... that) you were advancing
(... que) ils avançassent	(... that) they were advancing
(... que) elles avançassent	(... that) they were advancing

Imperative		Scored
avance	Advance
avançons	Let's advance
avancez	Advance

Present Participle		Scored
avançant	advancing

Past Participle		Scored
avancé	advanced

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