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acheter
acheter
French
Verb
acheter
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il achète rather than *il achete. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of acheter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | acheter | avoir acheté | |||||
| gerund | en achetant | en ayant acheté | |||||
| present participle | achetant /aʃ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | acheté /aʃ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | achète /a.ʃɛt/ |
achètes /a.ʃɛt/ |
achète /a.ʃɛt/ |
achetons /aʃ.tɔ̃/ |
achetez /aʃ.te/ |
achètent /a.ʃɛt/ |
| imperfect | achetais /aʃ.tɛ/ |
achetais /aʃ.tɛ/ |
achetait /aʃ.tɛ/ |
achetions /a.ʃə.tjɔ̃/ |
achetiez /a.ʃə.tje/ |
achetaient /aʃ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | achetai /aʃ.te/ |
achetas /aʃ.ta/ |
acheta /aʃ.ta/ |
achetâmes /aʃ.tam/ |
achetâtes /aʃ.tat/ |
achetèrent /aʃ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | achèterai /a.ʃɛ.tʁe/ |
achèteras /a.ʃɛ.tʁa/ |
achètera /a.ʃɛ.tʁa/ |
achèterons /a.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
achèterez /a.ʃɛ.tʁe/ |
achèteront /a.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | achèterais /a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ |
achèterais /a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ |
achèterait /a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ |
achèterions /a.ʃɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
achèteriez /a.ʃɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
achèteraient /a.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | achète /a.ʃɛt/ |
achètes /a.ʃɛt/ |
achète /a.ʃɛt/ |
achetions /a.ʃə.tjɔ̃/ |
achetiez /a.ʃə.tje/ |
achètent /a.ʃɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
achetasse /aʃ.tas/ |
achetasses /aʃ.tas/ |
achetât /aʃ.ta/ |
achetassions /aʃ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
achetassiez /aʃ.ta.sje/ |
achetassent /aʃ.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | achète /a.ʃɛt/ |
— | achetons /aʃ.tɔ̃/ |
achetez /aʃ.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *accattāre or *accaptāre, present active infinitive of *accattō or *accaptō, from Latin ad + captō.
Verb
acheter
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. This verb has a stressed present stem achat distinct from the unstressed stem achet. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of acheter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | acheter | avoir acheté | |||||
| gerund | en achetant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | achetant | ||||||
| past participle | acheté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | achat | achates | achate | achetons | achetez | achatent |
| imperfect | achetoie, acheteie, achetoe, acheteve | achetoies, acheteies, achetoes, acheteves | achetoit, acheteit, achetot, acheteve | achetiiens, achetiens | achetiiez, achetiez | achetoient, acheteient, achetoent, achetevent | |
| preterite | achetai | achetas | acheta | achetames | achetastes | acheterent | |
| future | acheterai | acheteras | achetera | acheterons | acheteroiz, achetereiz, acheterez | acheteront | |
| conditional | acheteroie, achetereie | acheteroies, achetereies | acheteroit, achetereit | acheteriiens, acheteriens | acheteriiez, acheteriez | acheteroient, achetereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | achat | achaz | achat | achetons | achetez | achatent |
| imperfect | achetasse | achetasses | achetast | achetissons, achetissiens | achetissoiz, achetissez, achetissiez | achetassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | achate | — | achetons | achetez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: acheter
- Walloon: atchter