aventurer — French conjugation

to adventure

Frequency#516Regular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Regular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeaventureI adventure
tuaventuresyou adventure
il/elleaventurehe/she/it adventures
nousaventuronswe adventure
vousaventurezyou (pl.) adventure
ils/ellesaventurentthey adventure

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeaventuraiI adventured
tuaventurasyou adventured
il/elleaventurahe/she/it adventured
nousaventurâmeswe adventured
vousaventurâtesyou (pl.) adventured
ils/ellesaventurèrentthey adventured

Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jeaventurais
tuaventurais
il/elleaventurait
nousaventurions
vousaventuriez
ils/ellesaventuraient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeaventureraisI would adventure
tuaventureraisyou would adventure
il/elleaventureraithe/she/it would adventure
nousaventurerionswe would adventure
vousaventureriezyou (pl.) would adventure
ils/ellesaventureraientthey would adventure

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeaventureraiI will adventure
tuaventurerasyou will adventure
il/elleaventurerahe/she/it will adventure
nousaventureronswe will adventure
vousaventurerezyou (pl.) will adventure
ils/ellesaventurerontthey will adventure

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai aventuréI have adventured
tutu as aventuréyou have adventured
il/elleil/elle a aventuréhe/she/it has adventured
nousnous avons aventuréwe have adventured
vousvous avez aventuréyou (pl.) have adventured
ils/ellesils/elles ont aventuréthey have adventured

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais aventuréI had adventured
tutu avais aventuréyou had adventured
il/elleil/elle avait aventuréhe/she/it had adventured
nousnous avions aventuréwe had adventured
vousvous aviez aventuréyou (pl.) had adventured
ils/ellesils/elles avaient aventuréthey had adventured

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais aventuré
tutu aurais aventuré
il/elleil/elle aurait aventuré
nousnous aurions aventuré
vousvous auriez aventuré
ils/ellesils/elles auraient aventuré

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai aventuréI will have adventured
tutu auras aventuréyou will have adventured
il/elleil/elle aura aventuréhe/she/it will have adventured
nousnous aurons aventuréwe will have adventured
vousvous aurez aventuréyou (pl.) will have adventured
ils/ellesils/elles auront aventuréthey will have adventured

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jeaventure
tuaventures
il/elleaventure
nousaventurions
vousaventuriez
ils/ellesaventurent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jeaventurasse
tuaventurasses
il/elleaventurât
nousaventurassions
vousaventurassiez
ils/ellesaventurassent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tuaventure
nousaventurons
vousaventurez