Irregular verb · #2 most common

Avoir conjugation

avoir — to have · present participle ayant · past participle eu

16 tenses3 moodsirregular group

Quick answer — present tense

je ai, tu as, il/elle/on a, nous avons, vous avez, ils/elles ont

Indicative

Present (Présent) irregular

jeai
tuas
il/elle/ona
nousavons
vousavez
ils/ellesont

Future (Futur)

jeaurai
tuauras
il/elle/onaura
nousaurons
vousaurez
ils/ellesauront

Imperfect (Imparfait)

jeavais
tuavais
il/elle/onavait
nousavions
vousaviez
ils/ellesavaient

Preterite (Passé simple) irregular

jeeus
tueus
il/elle/oneut
nouseûmes
vouseûtes
ils/elleseurent

Conditional (Conditionnel)

jeaurais
tuaurais
il/elle/onaurait
nousaurions
vousauriez
ils/ellesauraient

Present Perfect (Passé composé)

jeai eu
tuas eu
il/elle/ona eu
nousavons eu
vousavez eu
ils/ellesont eu

Future Perfect (Futur antérieur)

jeaurai eu
tuauras eu
il/elle/onaura eu
nousaurons eu
vousaurez eu
ils/ellesauront eu

Past Perfect (Plus-que-parfait)

jeavais eu
tuavais eu
il/elle/onavait eu
nousavions eu
vousaviez eu
ils/ellesavaient eu

Preterite (Archaic) (Passé antérieur)

jeeus eu
tueus eu
il/elle/oneut eu
nouseûmes eu
vouseûtes eu
ils/elleseurent eu

Conditional Perfect (Conditionnel passé)

jeaurais eu
tuaurais eu
il/elle/onaurait eu
nousaurions eu
vousauriez eu
ils/ellesauraient eu

Subjunctive

Present (Présent) irregular

jeaie
tuaies
il/elle/onait
nousayons
vousayez
ils/ellesaient

Imperfect (Imparfait)

jeeusse
tueusses
il/elle/oneût
nouseussions
vouseussiez
ils/elleseussent

Present Perfect (Passé)

jeaie eu
tuaies eu
il/elle/onait eu
nousayons eu
vousayez eu
ils/ellesaient eu

Past Perfect (Plus-que-parfait)

jeeusse eu
tueusses eu
il/elle/oneût eu
nouseussions eu
vouseussiez eu
ils/elleseussent eu

Imperative

Affirmative (Présent)

je—
tuaie
il/elle/on—
nousayons
vousayez
ils/elles—

Negative (Présent)

je—
tun'aie pas
il/elle/on—
nousn'ayons pas
vousn'ayez pas
ils/elles—

Note

Avoir is irregular in the Present and Preterite — pay attention to the stem changes above.

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