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Conjugation of the French verb avoir besoin de

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

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
avoir besoin de	to need

Present		Scored
j'ai besoin de	I need
tu as besoin de	you need
il a besoin de	he needs
elle a besoin de	she needs
nous avons besoin de	we need
vous avez besoin de	you need
ils ont besoin de	they need
elles ont besoin de	they need

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

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 besoin de	I needed
tu eus besoin de	you needed
il eut besoin de	he needed
elle eut besoin de	she needed
nous eûmes besoin de	we needed
vous eûtes besoin de	you needed
ils eurent besoin de	they needed
elles eurent besoin de	they needed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Imperative		Scored
aie besoin de	Need
ayons besoin de	Let's need
ayez besoin de	Need

Present Participle		Scored
ayant besoin de	needing

Past Participle		Scored
eu besoin de	needed

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