accouer

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

accouer

1. to harness horses one behind another

Conjugation

Conjugation of accouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	accouer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	accouant /a.kwɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		accoué /a.kwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accoue /a.ku/	accoues /a.ku/	accoue /a.ku/	accouons /a.kwɔ̃/	accouez /a.kwe/	accouent /a.ku/
	imperfect	accouais /a.kwɛ/	accouais /a.kwɛ/	accouait /a.kwɛ/	accouions /a.ku.jɔ̃/	accouiez /a.ku.je/	accouaient /a.kwɛ/
	past historic2	accouai /a.kwe/	accouas /a.kwa/	accoua /a.kwa/	accouâmes /a.kwam/	accouâtes /a.kwat/	accouèrent /a.kwɛʁ/
	future	accouerai /a.ku.ʁe/	accoueras /a.ku.ʁa/	accouera /a.ku.ʁa/	accouerons /a.ku.ʁɔ̃/	accouerez /a.ku.ʁe/	accoueront /a.ku.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	accouerais /a.ku.ʁɛ/	accouerais /a.ku.ʁɛ/	accouerait /a.ku.ʁɛ/	accouerions /a.ku.ʁjɔ̃/	accoueriez /a.ku.ʁje/	accoueraient /a.ku.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	accoue /a.ku/	accoues /a.ku/	accoue /a.ku/	accouions /a.ku.jɔ̃/	accouiez /a.ku.je/	accouent /a.ku/
	imperfect2	accouasse /a.kwas/	accouasses /a.kwas/	accouât /a.kwa/	accouassions /a.kwa.sjɔ̃/	accouassiez /a.kwa.sje/	accouassent /a.kwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	accoue /a.ku/	—	accouons /a.kwɔ̃/	accouez /a.kwe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).