aborder: conjugation and meaning · How to Learn French

Conjugations

All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to address.”

Present Présent

Habits, current states, and actions happening now.

aborder: Present, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	aborde	I address
tu	abordes	you address
il / elle / on	aborde	he / she / it addresseson: we address / one addresses
nous	abordons	we address
vous	abordez	you address
ils / elles	abordent	they address

IN A SENTENCEPresent example

Paul aborde la question du prix pendant la réunion.

Paul addresses the question of the price during the meeting.

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Passé composé

Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.

aborder: Passé composé, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	ai abordé	I addressed
tu	as abordé	you addressed
il / elle / on	a abordé	he / she / it addressedon: we addressed / one addressed
nous	avons abordé	we addressed
vous	avez abordé	you addressed
ils / elles	ont abordé	they addressed

IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example

Hier, Paul a abordé la question du prix pendant la réunion.

Yesterday, Paul addressed the question of the price during the meeting.

The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.

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Imperfect Imparfait

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

aborder: Imperfect, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	abordais	I used to address
tu	abordais	you used to address
il / elle / on	abordait	he / she / it used to addresson: we used to address / one used to address
nous	abordions	we used to address
vous	abordiez	you used to address
ils / elles	abordaient	they used to address

IN A SENTENCEImperfect example

Autrefois, Paul abordait la question du prix pendant la réunion.

Back then, Paul used to address the question of the price during the meeting.

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Future Futur simple

Future events and predictions.

aborder: Future, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	aborderai	I will address
tu	aborderas	you will address
il / elle / on	abordera	he / she / it will addresson: we will address / one will address
nous	aborderons	we will address
vous	aborderez	you will address
ils / elles	aborderont	they will address

IN A SENTENCEFuture example

Plus tard, Paul abordera la question du prix pendant la réunion.

Later, Paul will address the question of the price during the meeting.

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Conditional Conditionnel présent

Hypothetical events and polite requests.

aborder: Conditional, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	aborderais	I would address
tu	aborderais	you would address
il / elle / on	aborderait	he / she / it would addresson: we would address / one would address
nous	aborderions	we would address
vous	aborderiez	you would address
ils / elles	aborderaient	they would address

IN A SENTENCEConditional example

Paul aborderait la question du prix pendant la réunion.

Paul would address the question of the price during the meeting.

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Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent

Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.

aborder: Present subjunctive, with English translations
Subject	French	English
je / j’	aborde	(that) I address
tu	abordes	(that) you address
il / elle / on	aborde	(that) he / she / it addresseson: (that) we address / one addresses
nous	abordions	(that) we address
vous	abordiez	(that) you address
ils / elles	abordent	(that) they address

IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example

Il est possible que Paul aborde la question du prix pendant la réunion.

It is possible that Paul addresses the question of the price during the meeting.

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French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”

Meaning & usage

to deal with; to tackle; to approach a problem, situation or topic; to broach a subject
to approach or meet somebody
to place side to side

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations