A Guide to Conjugating 'Apprécier' (to Appreciate)

Simple Conjugations for the French Verb 'Apprécier'

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Updated on February 24, 2020

The French verb apprécier means to appreciate. Apprécier is a regular -er verb, and the conjugations follow an easy-to-remember pattern.

How to Conjugate a the French Verb Apprécier

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To conjugate a regular -er verb in French, you remove the -er from the infinitive to get the stem: in this case, it's appréci-. To conjugate the verb, add the ending that relates to the subject pronoun ( je, te, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles). This chart shows which endings go with each subject pronoun, in various simple tenses.

	Present	Future	Imperfect	Present participle
j'	apprécie	apprécierai	appréciais	appréciant
tu	apprécies	apprécieras	appréciais
il	apprécie	appréciera	appréciait
nous	apprécions	apprécierons	appréciions
vous	appréciez	apprécierez	appréciiez
ils	apprécient	apprécieront	appréciaient
	Subjunctive	Conditional	Passé simple	Imperfect subjunctive
j'	apprécie	apprécierais	appréciai	appréciasse
tu	apprécies	apprécierais	apprécias	appréciasses
il	apprécie	apprécierait	apprécia	appréciât
nous	appréciions	apprécierions	appréciâmes	appréciassions
vous	appréciiez	apprécieriez	appréciâtes	appréciassiez
ils	apprécient	apprécieraient	apprécièrent	appréciassent
	Imperative
(tu)	apprécie
(nous)	apprécions
(vous)	appréciez

How to Use Apprécier in the Past Tense

The most common way to construct the past tense in French is to use the passé composé, a compound tense. For apprécier, the auxiliary verb is avoir and the past participle is apprécié. Here's how you would use apprécier in the passé composé:

Ils ont apprécié le gâteau.
They enjoyed the cake.

Elle a apprécié le lettre.
She appreciated the letter.

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