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Avoir - to have

Simple conjugations for the French verb avoir

By Laura K. Lawless, About.com

French verb conjugator > avoir

PresentFutureImperfectPresent participle
j' ai aurai avais ayant
tu as auras avais
il a aura avait Passé composé
nous avons aurons avions    Auxiliary verb avoir
vous avez aurez aviez    Past participle  eu
ils ont auront avaient
 
Subjunctive Conditional Passé simple Imperfect subjunctive
j' aie aurais eus eusse
tu aies aurais eus eusses
il ait aurait eut eût
nous ayons aurions eûmes eussions
vous ayez auriez eûtes eussiez
ils aient auraient eurent eussent
 
Imperative
(tu)aie Avoir is irregular and is one of the
most common French verbs
Using avoir   Avoir quiz
(nous) ayons
(vous)ayez

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