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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.



Verb phrases



InfinitiveScored
avoirto have

PresentScored
j'aiI have
tu asyou have
il ahe has
elle ashe has
nous avonswe have
vous avezyou have
ils ontthey have
elles ontthey have

ImperfectScored
j'avaisI was having
tu avaisyou were having
il avaithe was having
elle avaitshe was having
nous avionswe were having
vous aviezyou were having
ils avaientthey were having
elles avaientthey 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'eusI had
tu eusyou had
il euthe had
elle eutshe had
nous eûmeswe had
vous eûtesyou had
ils eurentthey had
elles eurentthey had

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai euI had
tu as euyou had
il a euhe had
elle a eushe had
nous avons euwe had
vous avez euyou had
ils ont euthey had
elles ont euthey had

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfaitScored
j'avais euI had had
tu avais euyou had had
il avait euhe had had
elle avait eushe had had
nous avions euwe had had
vous aviez euyou had had
ils avaient euthey had had
elles avaient euthey had had

FutureScored
j'auraiI will have
tu aurasyou will have
il aurahe will have
elle aurashe will have
nous auronswe will have
vous aurezyou will have
ils aurontthey will have
elles aurontthey 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 euI will have had
tu auras euyou will have had
il aura euhe will have had
elle aura eushe will have had
nous aurons euwe will have had
vous aurez euyou will have had
ils auront euthey will have had
elles auront euthey will have had

ConditionalScored
j'auraisI would have
tu auraisyou would have
il auraithe would have
elle auraitshe would have
nous aurionswe would have
vous auriezyou would have
ils auraientthey would have
elles auraientthey 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 euI would have had
tu aurais euyou would have had
il aurait euhe would have had
elle aurait eushe would have had
nous aurions euwe would have had
vous auriez euyou would have had
ils auraient euthey would have had
elles auraient euthey would have had

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... 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 SubjunctiveScored
(... 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

ImperativeScored
aie Have
ayonsLet's have
ayez Have

Present ParticipleScored
ayant having

Past ParticipleScored
eu had

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