French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | absous | absolvais | absoudrai | absoudrais | absolve | n/a | ||
| tu | absous | absolvais | absoudras | absoudrais | absolves | |||
| il | absout | absolvait | absoudra | absoudrait | absolve | |||
| nous | absolvons | absolvions | absoudrons | absoudrions | absolvions | |||
| vous | absolvez | absolviez | absoudrez | absoudriez | absolviez | |||
| ils | absolvent | absolvaient | absoudront | absoudraient | absolvent | |||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai absous | avais absous | aurai absous | aurais absous | aie absous | eusse absous | ||
| tu | as absous | avais absous | auras absous | aurais absous | aies absous | eusses absous | ||
| il | a absous | avait absous | aura absous | aurait absous | ait absous | eût absous | ||
| nous | avons absous | avions absous | aurons absous | aurions absous | ayons absous | eussions absous | ||
| vous | avez absous | aviez absous | aurez absous | auriez absous | ayez absous | eussiez absous | ||
| ils | ont absous | avaient absous | auront absous | auraient absous | aient absous | eussent absous | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | n/a | eus absous | (tu) | absous | Present | absolvant | ||
| tu | eus absous | (nous) | absolvons | Past | absous | |||
| il | eut absous | (vous) | absolvez | Perfect | ayant absous | |||
| nous | eûmes absous | Past imperative | ||||||
| vous | eûtes absous | (tu) | aie absous | Past infinitive | ||||
| ils | eurent absous | (nous) | ayons absous | avoir absous | ||||
| (vous) | ayez absous | |||||||
Absoudre is an irregular -re verb.


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