Language/French/Grammar/The-irregular-verb-avoir

The Irregular verb Avoir Conjugation

Avoir is one of the most important French verbs – here’s how to conjugate it into every tense and mood.

Take a moment to explore these relevant pages as you conclude this lesson: Possessive determiners, Omission of the article, The passive & How to use « il s'agit de » in French.

Conjugaison du verbe avoir - Indicatif

Indicatif

Présent

j'	ai
tu	as
il/elle	a
nous	avons
vous	avez
ils/elles	ont

Passé composé

j'	ai	eu
tu	as	eu
il/elle	a	eu
nous	avons	eu
vous	avez	eu
ils/elles	ont	eu

Imparfait

j'	avais
tu	avais
il/elle	avait
nous	avions
vous	aviez
ils/elles	avaient

Plus que parfait

j'	avais	eu
tu	avais	eu
il/elle	avait	eu
nous	avions	eu
vous	aviez	eu
ils/elles	avaient	eu

Passé simple

j'	eus
tu	eus
il/elle	eut
nous	eûmes
vous	eûtes
ils/elles	eurent

Passé antérieur

j'	eus	eu
tu	eus	eu
il/elle	eut	eu
nous	eûmes	eu
vous	eûtes	eu
ils/elles	eurent	eu

Futur simple

j'	aurai
tu	auras
il/elle	aura
nous	aurons
vous	aurez
ils/elles	auront

Futur antérieur

j'	aurai	eu
tu	auras	eu
il/elle	aura	eu
nous	aurons	eu
vous	aurez	eu
ils/elles	auront	eu

Conjugaison du verbe avoir - Conditionnel

Conditionnel

Présent

j'	aurais
tu	aurais
il/elle	aurait
nous	aurions
vous	auriez
ils/elles	auraient

Passé

j'	aurais	eu
tu	aurais	eu
il/elle	aurait	eu
nous	aurions	eu
vous	auriez	eu
ils/elles	auraient	eu

Conjugaison du verbe avoir - Subjonctif

Subjonctif

Présent

que	j'	aie
que	tu	aies
qu'	il/elle	ait
que	nous	ayons
que	vous	ayez
qu'	ils/elles	aient

Passé

que	j'	aie	eu
que	tu	aies	eu
qu'	il/elle	ait	eu
que	nous	ayons	eu
que	vous	ayez	eu
qu'	ils/elles	aient	eu

Imparfait

que	j'	eusse
que	tu	eusses
qu'	il/elle	eût
que	nous	eussions
que	vous	eussiez
qu'	ils/elles	eussent

Plus que parfait

que	j'	eusse	eu
que	tu	eusses	eu
qu'	il/elle	eût	eu
que	nous	eussions	eu
que	vous	eussiez	eu
qu'	ils/elles	eussent	eu

Conjugaison du verbe avoir - Impératif

Impératif

Présent

(2eme pers. sing.)	aie
(1ere pers. plu.)	ayons
(2eme pers. plu.)	ayez

Passé

(2eme pers. sing.)	aie	eu
(1ere pers. plu.)	ayons	eu
(2eme pers. plu.)	ayez	eu

Conjugaison du verbe avoir - Infinitif

Infinitif

Présent

avoir

Passé

avoir

eu

Conjugaison du verbe avoir - Participe

Participe

Présent

ayant

Passé

(Masculin)	eu
(Feminin)	eue

Avoir conjugation in all Tenses (Summary in English)

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Other Chapters

Table of Contents

Nouns

• Types
• Gender
• Plural

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Determiners

• Articles
• Typical use of the definite article
• Typical use of the indefinite article
• The partitive article: du, de l', de la, des
• Use of indefinite and partitive articles after the negative forms ne... pas, ne... jamais, ne... plus, ne... guère
• Omission of the article
• Demonstrative determiners
• Possessive determiners

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Personal and impersonal pronouns

• Subject pronouns
• Object pronouns
• Stressed pronouns
• Demonstrative pronouns
• Possessive pronouns

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Adjectives

• Adjectives modifying the noun
• Adjectives which follow verbs or verbal expressions
• Adjectives with complements
• Indefinite and negative noun phrases with adjective complements
• Adjectives used as nouns
• Adjectives used as adverbs
• Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives
• Plural forms of adjectives
• Adjective agreement with nouns
• Invariable adjectives
• Compound adjectives
• Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
• Subjunctive versus indicative in clauses dependent on a superlative adjective
• Absolute use of the superlative

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Adverbs

• Function of adverbs
• Formation of adverbs with the ending -ment
• Adjectives used as adverbs without addition of -ment
• Phrases used as adverbs
• English and French adverb formation
• Types of adverbs
• Location of adverbs

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Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers

• Cardinal numbers
• Ordinal numbers
• Fractions
• Some differences in the use of cardinal and ordinal numbers in French and English
• Measurements and comparisons
• Dates, days, years
• Clock time
• Money
• Quantifiers

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Verb forms

• Conjugations
• Easy ways of generating some parts of the paradigms
• Changes in the stem form of some -er conjugation verbs
• Verbs whose stems end in c- or g-
• Verb paradigms

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Verb constructions

• Relations between verbs and their complements
• Intransitive constructions
• Directly transitive verbs
• Indirectly transitive verbs
• Ditransitive verbs
• The passive
• Pronominal verbs
• Impersonal verbs
• Verbs which take noun + adjective or noun + noun complements

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Verb and participle agreement

• Subject-verb agreement
• Agreement of the past participle with the subject of être
• Agreement of the past participle of verbs conjugated with avoir with a preceding direct object
• Agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs in compound tenses

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Tense

• The present
• The past
• The future
• Other tenses indicating the time at which events occur relative to other events
• Combining tenses
• Tenses in direct and reported descriptions of events
• Tenses with si

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The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives

• The attitude of the subject to events: the subjunctive
• The use of devoir, pouvoir, savoir, falloir
• The French equivalents of the English modal verbs: 'would', 'should', 'could', 'may', 'might', 'ought to', and 'must'
• Exclamatives
• Imperatives

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The infinitive

• Introduction: what are infinitives?
• Infinitives as complements to other verbs
• Verbs which take infinitive complements without a linking preposition
• Verbs which take infinitive complements preceded by the preposition à
• Verbs which take an infinitive complement preceded by de
• Omission of objects before infinitives
• Infinitives as complements to adjectives
• Infinitives as complements to nouns
• Infinitives in subordinate clauses
• Infinitives as polite commands
• Quick-reference index to verbs taking infinitive complements

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Prepositions

• Introduction
• Prepositions listed alphabetically from à to vers
• French translations for common English prepositions

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Question formation

• Introduction
• Yes/no questions
• Information questions
• Order of object pronouns in questions involving inversion
• Order of negative particles in questions involving inversion
• Use of question words and phrases: qui?, que?, quoi?, quel?, de qui?, avec combien de? etc.
• Indirect questions

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Relative clauses

• Introduction
• Use of relative qui
• Use of relative que
• Preposition plus qui
• Use of lequel in relative clauses
• Use of dont, de qui, duquel/de laquelle/desquels/desquelles
• The use of où as a relative pronoun
• Use of relative quoi
• Free relative clauses and the use of ce qui, ce que, ce dont, ce à quoi, ce sur quoi, etc.
• Translating 'whoever', 'whatever', 'wherever', 'whenever', 'however'
• Indicative and subjunctive in relative clauses

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Negation

• Introduction
• Location of sentence negators
• Order of negators in multiple negation
• Omission of ne in sentence negation
• Order of negative elements in questions and imperatives
• ne... pas
• ne... que
• ne... aucun(e), ne... nul(le)
• ne... jamais
• ne... plus
• ne... guère
• ne... rien
• ne... personne
• ne... ni... ni
• sans used with other negators
• ne used alone

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Conjunctions and other linking constructions

• Introduction
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Conjunctions sometimes confused by English speakers
• Repeated subordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions used with infinitive clauses
• après avoir/ être + past participle linking an infinitive clause to a main clause
• Past participle phrases used as linkers
• Present participles and gerunds

Other Lessons

• Inversion of subject and verb after some sentence initial adverbs
• Adverb—adjective compounds
• Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives — A change in the final consonant or syllable
• Masculine and feminine forms of adjectives — A change in written, but not spoken
• “être” and “avoir” with verbs used intransitively and transitively
• Use of l'on
• Mass nouns used countably
• Indefinite article
• Subject Verb Agreement — Agreement quantifiers numeral nouns
• Comparatives and Superlatives
• Verbs which are directly transitive in French
• Polite Form
• Plural forms of adjectives — Adjectives which end in al
• Grammatical and real number
• Subject verb agreement when subject quantifiers are present