aider
English
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Etymology
Old French aidier, from Latin adiuvō, adiuvāre (“help, assist”)
Pronunciation
Verb
aider
Conjugation
Conjugation of aider (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | aider | avoir or être aidé | |||||
| gerund | en aidant | en ayant aidé or en étant aidé | |||||
| present participle | aidant | ||||||
| past participle | aidé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aide | aides | aide | aidons | aidez | aident |
| imperfect | aidais | aidais | aidait | aidions | aidiez | aidaient | |
| past historic1 | aidai | aidas | aida | aidâmes | aidâtes | aidèrent | |
| future | aiderai | aideras | aidera | aiderons | aiderez | aideront | |
| conditional | aiderais | aiderais | aiderait | aiderions | aideriez | aideraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aide | aides | aide | aidions | aidiez | aident |
| imperfect1 | aidasse | aidasses | aidât | aidassions | aidassiez | aidassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | aide | — | aidons | aidez | — | ||
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