French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | avance | avançais | avancerai | avancerais | avance | avançasse | ||
| tu | avances | avançais | avanceras | avancerais | avances | avançasses | ||
| il | avance | avançait | avancera | avancerait | avance | avançât | ||
| nous | avançons | avancions | avancerons | avancerions | avancions | avançassions | ||
| vous | avancez | avanciez | avancerez | avanceriez | avanciez | avançassiez | ||
| ils | avancent | avançaient | avanceront | avanceraient | avancent | avançassent | ||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai avancé | avais avancé | aurai avancé | aurais avancé | aie avancé | eusse avancé | ||
| tu | as avancé | avais avancé | auras avancé | aurais avancé | aies avancé | eusses avancé | ||
| il | a avancé | avait avancé | aura avancé | aurait avancé | ait avancé | eût avancé | ||
| nous | avons avancé | avions avancé | aurons avancé | aurions avancé | ayons avancé | eussions avancé | ||
| vous | avez avancé | aviez avancé | aurez avancé | auriez avancé | ayez avancé | eussiez avancé | ||
| ils | ont avancé | avaient avancé | auront avancé | auraient avancé | aient avancé | eussent avancé | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | avançai | eus avancé | (tu) | avance | Present | avançant | ||
| tu | avanças | eus avancé | (nous) | avançons | Past | avancé | ||
| il | avança | eut avancé | (vous) | avancez | Perfect | ayant avancé | ||
| nous | avançâmes | eûmes avancé | Past imperative | |||||
| vous | avançâtes | eûtes avancé | (tu) | aie avancé | Past infinitive | |||
| ils | avancèrent | eurent avancé | (nous) | ayons avancé | avoir avancé | |||
| (vous) | ayez avancé | |||||||
Avancer is a spelling change verb.

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When a word ending in a normally silent consonant is followed by a vowel or h muet, that consonant might be transferred onto the next word. This is called a liaison and it’s one of the aspects of French pronunciation that can make it difficult to determine where one word ends and the next begins.