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Conjugation of the French verb aider

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb aider, along with their English translations.

aider is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
aider	to help

Present		Scored
j'aide	I help
tu aides	you help
il aide	he helps
elle aide	she helps
nous aidons	we help
vous aidez	you help
ils aident	they help
elles aident	they help

Imperfect		Scored
j'aidais	I was helping
tu aidais	you were helping
il aidait	he was helping
elle aidait	she was helping
nous aidions	we were helping
vous aidiez	you were helping
ils aidaient	they were helping
elles aidaient	they were helping

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'aidai	I helped
tu aidas	you helped
il aida	he helped
elle aida	she helped
nous aidâmes	we helped
vous aidâtes	you helped
ils aidèrent	they helped
elles aidèrent	they helped

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai aidé	I helped
tu as aidé	you helped
il a aidé	he helped
elle a aidé	she helped
nous avons aidé	we helped
vous avez aidé	you helped
ils ont aidé	they helped
elles ont aidé	they helped

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais aidé	I had helped
tu avais aidé	you had helped
il avait aidé	he had helped
elle avait aidé	she had helped
nous avions aidé	we had helped
vous aviez aidé	you had helped
ils avaient aidé	they had helped
elles avaient aidé	they had helped

Future		Scored
j'aiderai	I will help
tu aideras	you will help
il aidera	he will help
elle aidera	she will help
nous aiderons	we will help
vous aiderez	you will help
ils aideront	they will help
elles aideront	they will help

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai aidé	I will have helped
tu auras aidé	you will have helped
il aura aidé	he will have helped
elle aura aidé	she will have helped
nous aurons aidé	we will have helped
vous aurez aidé	you will have helped
ils auront aidé	they will have helped
elles auront aidé	they will have helped

Conditional		Scored
j'aiderais	I would help
tu aiderais	you would help
il aiderait	he would help
elle aiderait	she would help
nous aiderions	we would help
vous aideriez	you would help
ils aideraient	they would help
elles aideraient	they would help

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais aidé	I would have helped
tu aurais aidé	you would have helped
il aurait aidé	he would have helped
elle aurait aidé	she would have helped
nous aurions aidé	we would have helped
vous auriez aidé	you would have helped
ils auraient aidé	they would have helped
elles auraient aidé	they would have helped

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'aide	(... that) I help
(... que) tu aides	(... that) you help
(... que) il aide	(... that) he helps
(... que) elle aide	(... that) she helps
(... que) nous aidions	(... that) we help
(... que) vous aidiez	(... that) you help
(... que) ils aident	(... that) they help
(... que) elles aident	(... that) they help

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'aidasse	(... that) I was helping
(... que) tu aidasses	(... that) you were helping
(... que) il aidât	(... that) he was helping
(... que) elle aidât	(... that) she was helping
(... que) nous aidassions	(... that) we were helping
(... que) vous aidassiez	(... that) you were helping
(... que) ils aidassent	(... that) they were helping
(... que) elles aidassent	(... that) they were helping

Imperative		Scored
aide	Help
aidons	Let's help
aidez	Help

Present Participle		Scored
aidant	helping

Past Participle		Scored
aidé	helped

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