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Conjugation of the French verb avoir

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

avoir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
avoir	to have

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

Imperfect		Scored
j'avais	I was having
tu avais	you were having
il avait	he was having
elle avait	she was having
nous avions	we were having
vous aviez	you were having
ils avaient	they were having
elles avaient	they were having

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'eus	I had
tu eus	you had
il eut	he had
elle eut	she had
nous eûmes	we had
vous eûtes	you had
ils eurent	they had
elles eurent	they had

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

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

Future		Scored
j'aurai	I will have
tu auras	you will have
il aura	he will have
elle aura	she will have
nous aurons	we will have
vous aurez	you will have
ils auront	they will have
elles auront	they will have

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

Conditional		Scored
j'aurais	I would have
tu aurais	you would have
il aurait	he would have
elle aurait	she would have
nous aurions	we would have
vous auriez	you would have
ils auraient	they would have
elles auraient	they would have

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'aie	(... that) I have
(... que) tu aies	(... that) you have
(... que) il ait	(... that) he has
(... que) elle ait	(... that) she has
(... que) nous ayons	(... that) we have
(... que) vous ayez	(... that) you have
(... que) ils aient	(... that) they have
(... que) elles aient	(... that) they have

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'eussé	(... that) I was having
(... que) tu eusses	(... that) you were having
(... que) il eût	(... that) he was having
(... que) elle eût	(... that) she was having
(... que) nous eussions	(... that) we were having
(... que) vous eussiez	(... that) you were having
(... que) ils eussent	(... that) they were having
(... que) elles eussent	(... that) they were having

Imperative		Scored
aie	Have
ayons	Let's have
ayez	Have

Present Participle		Scored
ayant	having

Past Participle		Scored
eu	had

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