Daily Verb Lesson: French for buy is acheter
The French for buy is the irregular ER verb acheter.To remember this, imagine you buy a mACHETE!
Acheter can also mean: to purchase.
Related words include:
- s'acheter (vr) : to buy for oneself.
- l'achat (nm) : purchase (something bought).
Some ER verbs ending in -eler or -eter do not double the l or t before a mute e but instead add a grave accent to the e before the l or t.
Examples of this family of verb conjugations: acheter, céler, congeler, décongeler, démanteler, geler, peler.
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Imagine you buy a mACHETE!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent buy |
achète | achètes | achète | achetons | achetez | achètent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait bought |
achetais | achetais | achetait | achetions | achetiez | achetaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple bought |
achetai | achetas | acheta | achetâmes | achetâtes | achetèrent |
| Future Futur will buy |
achèterai | achèteras | achètera | achèterons | achèterez | achèteront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would buy |
achèterais | achèterais | achèterait | achèterions | achèteriez | achèteraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may buy |
achète | achètes | achète | achetions | achetiez | achètent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have bought |
ai acheté | as acheté | a acheté | avons acheté | avez acheté | ont acheté |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had bought |
avais acheté | avais acheté | avait acheté | avions acheté | aviez acheté | avaient acheté |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have bought |
aurai acheté | auras acheté | aura acheté | aurons acheté | aurez acheté | auront acheté |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have bought |
aurais acheté | aurais acheté | aurait acheté | aurions acheté | auriez acheté | auraient acheté |
| Imperative Imperatif buy! |
achète ! | achetons ! | achetez ! | |||
✔ acheter is an irregular ER verb.
✔ Learn acheter and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other ER verbs.
✔ Do these verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the ER verbs' conjugation patterns.
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