Sunday, March 1, 2020
How to Conjugate the French Verb Accepter
How to Conjugate the French Verb Accepter The French verbà accepterà means to accept or to take. It is a regular verb, which means that conjugating it to fit a specific subject pronoun is relatively easy. This lesson will show you how to begin forming complete sentences in French with the proper use ofà accepter. Conjugating the French Verbà Accepter Just as in English, we need to conjugate French verbs to match the subject pronoun used in the sentence. The pronouns are the I, you, he, she, we, and they in French, its j, tu, il, nous, vous, and ils of a sentence that forms the subject. When we conjugate regular verbs in French, it is often a simple matter of changing the ending of the verb. Luckily,à accepterà ends in -erà and follows the uncomplicated pattern of many otherà regular -er verbs.à This chart shows you the conjugations for the wordà accepterà in the various tenses and with different subjects.à For instance, to say I accept, you would say jaccepte. Likewise, heà will accept is il acceptera. Subject Present Future Imperfect j accepte accepterai acceptais tu acceptes accepteras acceptais il accepte acceptera acceptait nous acceptons accepterons acceptions vous acceptez accepterez acceptiez ils acceptent accepteront acceptaient The Present Participle ofà Accepter The French equivalent to the -ing ending in English is -ant. This is called theà present participleà and for accepter, it isà acceptant.à You can use this in various contexts as an adjective, gerund, noun, or verb. The Past Tense ofà Accepter Passà © composà ©Ã is commonly used for the past tense in French. Withà accepter, the auxiliary verbà used isà avoir, so you will use a conjugate of that helping verb to express the simple past tense ofà accepter. Along with the auxiliary verb, you will also need theà past participleà of accepter.à In this case, it is simply acceptà ©. To bring these elements together, if you wanted to say I accepted, in French, it would be jai acceptà ©. More Conjugations ofà Accepter Those are not the only conjugations forà accepter, though you should study them first. Once you have those memorized you can worry about a few special cases. The subjunctive and conditional forms of the verb are used to express mood. Subjunctive mood refers to subjective ideasà or those that are uncertain. Conditional mood refers to something that may or may not happen depending on conditions. Passà © simple and the imperfect subjunctive will be used in formal writing. While not necessary to know, its good to be aware of them. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive j accepte accepterais acceptai acceptasse tu acceptes accepterais acceptas acceptasses il accepte accepterait accepta acceptt nous acceptions accepterions acceptmes acceptassions vous acceptiez accepteriez accepttes acceptassiez ils acceptent accepteraient acceptrent acceptassent The imperative form of a verb also expresses mood, but in this case, it is not necessary to use the subject pronoun. In this case, rather than saying tu accepte you can simply say accepte. Imperative (tu) accepte (nous) acceptons (vous) acceptez Similar Verbs toà Accepter Accepter is not the only French verb that means to take. It is used more in the way of accept or tolerate something. Other verbs mean to take something with (amener) or to actually take something (prendre). While you are learning how to use the verbà accepter, you will also want to look at these other French to take verbs. Understanding all of them as a group will help you know when to use which one.
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