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Conjugation of the French verb avouer

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

avouer is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
avouer	to confess

Present		Scored
j'avoue	I confess
tu avoues	you confess
il avoue	he confesses
elle avoue	she confesses
nous avouons	we confess
vous avouez	you confess
ils avouent	they confess
elles avouent	they confess

Imperfect		Scored
j'avouais	I was confessing
tu avouais	you were confessing
il avouait	he was confessing
elle avouait	she was confessing
nous avouions	we were confessing
vous avouiez	you were confessing
ils avouaient	they were confessing
elles avouaient	they were confessing

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'avouai	I confessed
tu avouas	you confessed
il avoua	he confessed
elle avoua	she confessed
nous avouâmes	we confessed
vous avouâtes	you confessed
ils avouèrent	they confessed
elles avouèrent	they confessed

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

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

Future		Scored
j'avouerai	I will confess
tu avoueras	you will confess
il avouera	he will confess
elle avouera	she will confess
nous avouerons	we will confess
vous avouerez	you will confess
ils avoueront	they will confess
elles avoueront	they will confess

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

Conditional		Scored
j'avouerais	I would confess
tu avouerais	you would confess
il avouerait	he would confess
elle avouerait	she would confess
nous avouerions	we would confess
vous avoueriez	you would confess
ils avoueraient	they would confess
elles avoueraient	they would confess

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'avoue	(... that) I confess
(... que) tu avoues	(... that) you confess
(... que) il avoue	(... that) he confesses
(... que) elle avoue	(... that) she confesses
(... que) nous avouions	(... that) we confess
(... que) vous avouiez	(... that) you confess
(... que) ils avouent	(... that) they confess
(... que) elles avouent	(... that) they confess

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'avouasse	(... that) I was confessing
(... que) tu avouasses	(... that) you were confessing
(... que) il avouât	(... that) he was confessing
(... que) elle avouât	(... that) she was confessing
(... que) nous avouassions	(... that) we were confessing
(... que) vous avouassiez	(... that) you were confessing
(... que) ils avouassent	(... that) they were confessing
(... que) elles avouassent	(... that) they were confessing

Imperative		Scored
avoue	Confess
avouons	Let's confess
avouez	Confess

Present Participle		Scored
avouant	confessing

Past Participle		Scored
avoué	confessed

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