French reference
avoir
to have
Irregular · 19 form tables
Includes indicative, conditional, subjunctive and imperative forms. Literary categories and supplied participle agreement forms are labeled separately.
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Indicative
Present
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I have |
| tu | you have |
| il/elle/on | he/she has |
| nous | we have |
| vous | you (plural/formal) have |
| ils/elles | they have |
Compound past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I had; I have had |
| tu | you had; you have had |
| il/elle/on | he/she had; he/she has had |
| nous | we had; we have had |
| vous | you (plural/formal) had; you (plural/formal) have had |
| ils/elles | they had; they have had |
Imperfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I had |
| tu | you had |
| il/elle/on | he/she had |
| nous | we had |
| vous | you (plural/formal) had |
| ils/elles | they had |
Pluperfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I had had |
| tu | you had had |
| il/elle/on | he/she had had |
| nous | we had had |
| vous | you (plural/formal) had had |
| ils/elles | they had had |
Future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I will have |
| tu | you will have |
| il/elle/on | he/she will have |
| nous | we will have |
| vous | you (plural/formal) will have |
| ils/elles | they will have |
Future perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I will have had |
| tu | you will have had |
| il/elle/on | he/she will have had |
| nous | we will have had |
| vous | you (plural/formal) will have had |
| ils/elles | they will have had |
Near future
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I am going to have |
| tu | you are going to have |
| il/elle/on | he/she is going to have |
| nous | we are going to have |
| vous | you (plural/formal) are going to have |
| ils/elles | they are going to have |
Recent past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I have just had |
| tu | you have just had |
| il/elle/on | he/she has just had |
| nous | we have just had |
| vous | you (plural/formal) have just had |
| ils/elles | they have just had |
Simple past (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I had |
| tu | you had |
| il/elle/on | he/she had |
| nous | we had |
| vous | you (plural/formal) had |
| ils/elles | they had |
Past anterior (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I had had |
| tu | you had had |
| il/elle/on | he/she had had |
| nous | we had had |
| vous | you (plural/formal) had had |
| ils/elles | they had had |
Conditional
Conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I would have |
| tu | you would have |
| il/elle/on | he/she would have |
| nous | we would have |
| vous | you (plural/formal) would have |
| ils/elles | they would have |
Past conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I would have had |
| tu | you would have had |
| il/elle/on | he/she would have had |
| nous | we would have had |
| vous | you (plural/formal) would have had |
| ils/elles | they would have had |
Past conditional, second form (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | I would have had |
| tu | you would have had |
| il/elle/on | he/she would have had |
| nous | we would have had |
| vous | you (plural/formal) would have had |
| ils/elles | they would have had |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | (that) I have |
| tu | (that) you have |
| il/elle/on | (that) he/she has |
| nous | (that) we have |
| vous | (that) you (plural/formal) have |
| ils/elles | (that) they have |
Past subjunctive
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | (that) I have had |
| tu | (that) you have had |
| il/elle/on | (that) he/she has had |
| nous | (that) we have had |
| vous | (that) you (plural/formal) have had |
| ils/elles | (that) they have had |
Imperfect subjunctive (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | (that) I had |
| tu | (that) you had |
| il/elle/on | (that) he/she had |
| nous | (that) we had |
| vous | (that) you (plural/formal) had |
| ils/elles | (that) they had |
Pluperfect subjunctive (literary)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| je | (that) I had had |
| tu | (that) you had had |
| il/elle/on | (that) he/she had had |
| nous | (that) we had had |
| vous | (that) you (plural/formal) had had |
| ils/elles | (that) they had had |
Imperative
Imperative
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| tu | have! |
| nous | let's have! |
| vous | have! (plural/formal) |
Past imperative
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| tu | have had by then! |
| nous | let's have had by then! |
| vous | have had by then! (plural/formal) |
Additional forms
- Gerund
- Present participle
- Past participle
- / / /
- Past infinitive
- Perfect participle
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