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 confirm.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | avère | I confirm | |
| tu | avères | you confirm | |
| il / elle / on | avère | he / she / it confirmson: we confirm / one confirms | |
| nous | avérons | we confirm | |
| vous | avérez | you confirm | |
| ils / elles | avèrent | they confirm |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le témoignage avère la réalité des faits.
The testimony confirms the facts.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai avéré | I confirmed | |
| tu | as avéré | you confirmed | |
| il / elle / on | a avéré | he / she / it confirmedon: we confirmed / one confirmed | |
| nous | avons avéré | we confirmed | |
| vous | avez avéré | you confirmed | |
| ils / elles | ont avéré | they confirmed |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le témoignage a avéré la réalité des faits.
Yesterday, the testimony confirmed the facts.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | avérais | I used to confirm | |
| tu | avérais | you used to confirm | |
| il / elle / on | avérait | he / she / it used to confirmon: we used to confirm / one used to confirm | |
| nous | avérions | we used to confirm | |
| vous | avériez | you used to confirm | |
| ils / elles | avéraient | they used to confirm |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le témoignage avérait la réalité des faits.
Back then, the testimony used to confirm the facts.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | avèrerai / avérerai | I will confirm | |
| tu | avèreras / avéreras | you will confirm | |
| il / elle / on | avèrera / avérera | he / she / it will confirmon: we will confirm / one will confirm | |
| nous | avèrerons / avérerons | we will confirm | |
| vous | avèrerez / avérerez | you will confirm | |
| ils / elles | avèreront / avéreront | they will confirm |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le témoignage avèrera la réalité des faits.
Later, the testimony will confirm the facts.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | avèrerais / avérerais | I would confirm | |
| tu | avèrerais / avérerais | you would confirm | |
| il / elle / on | avèrerait / avérerait | he / she / it would confirmon: we would confirm / one would confirm | |
| nous | avèrerions / avérerions | we would confirm | |
| vous | avèreriez / avéreriez | you would confirm | |
| ils / elles | avèreraient / avéreraient | they would confirm |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le témoignage avèrerait la réalité des faits.
The testimony would confirm the facts.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | avère | (that) I confirm | |
| tu | avères | (that) you confirm | |
| il / elle / on | avère | (that) he / she / it confirmson: (that) we confirm / one confirms | |
| nous | avérions | (that) we confirm | |
| vous | avériez | (that) you confirm | |
| ils / elles | avèrent | (that) they confirm |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le témoignage avère la réalité des faits.
It is possible that the testimony confirms the facts.
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.”
The non-pronominal verb avérer is literary or dated and means establish as true. This example preserves that transitive construction and avoir; the much more usual s’avérer has a different construction.
Meaning & usage
- to uncover, to reveal
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