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Conjugation of the French verb avertir

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

avertir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
avertir	to warn

Present		Scored
j'avertis	I warn
tu avertis	you warn
il avertit	he warns
elle avertit	she warns
nous avertissons	we warn
vous avertissez	you warn
ils avertissent	they warn
elles avertissent	they warn

Imperfect		Scored
j'avertissais	I was warning
tu avertissais	you were warning
il avertissait	he was warning
elle avertissait	she was warning
nous avertissions	we were warning
vous avertissiez	you were warning
ils avertissaient	they were warning
elles avertissaient	they were warning

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'avertis	I warned
tu avertis	you warned
il avertit	he warned
elle avertit	she warned
nous avertîmes	we warned
vous avertîtes	you warned
ils avertirent	they warned
elles avertirent	they warned

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

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

Future		Scored
j'avertirai	I will warn
tu avertiras	you will warn
il avertira	he will warn
elle avertira	she will warn
nous avertirons	we will warn
vous avertirez	you will warn
ils avertiront	they will warn
elles avertiront	they will warn

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

Conditional		Scored
j'avertirais	I would warn
tu avertirais	you would warn
il avertirait	he would warn
elle avertirait	she would warn
nous avertirions	we would warn
vous avertiriez	you would warn
ils avertiraient	they would warn
elles avertiraient	they would warn

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'avertisse	(... that) I warn
(... que) tu avertisses	(... that) you warn
(... que) il avertisse	(... that) he warns
(... que) elle avertisse	(... that) she warns
(... que) nous avertissions	(... that) we warn
(... que) vous avertissiez	(... that) you warn
(... que) ils avertissent	(... that) they warn
(... que) elles avertissent	(... that) they warn

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'avertisse	(... that) I was warning
(... que) tu avertisses	(... that) you were warning
(... que) il avertît	(... that) he was warning
(... que) elle avertît	(... that) she was warning
(... que) nous avertissions	(... that) we were warning
(... que) vous avertissiez	(... that) you were warning
(... que) ils avertissent	(... that) they were warning
(... que) elles avertissent	(... that) they were warning

Imperative		Scored
avertis	Warn
avertissons	Let's warn
avertissez	Warn

Present Participle		Scored
avertissant	warning

Past Participle		Scored
averti	warned

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