A Guide to Conjugating 'Apporter' (to Bring)

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Updated on February 21, 2020

The French verb apporter means "to bring." It's a regular -er verb, which means conjugating it is pretty straightforward.

How to Conjugate the French Verb Apporter

Conjugating a regular verb requires knowing the stem and the endings related to the subject pronoun: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous or ils/elles. For regular -er verbs, you determine the stem by removing the -er from the infinitive. So in this case, the stem is apport- and the endings are those of regular -er verbs.

Ths chart will help you conjugate apporter.

	Present	Future	Imperfect	Present Participle
j'	apporte	apporterai	apportais	apportant
tu	apportes	apporteras	apportais
il	apporte	apportera	apportait
nous	apportons	apporterons	apportions
vous	apportez	apporterez	apportiez
ils	apportent	apporteront	apportaient

Other Simple Conjugations of Apporter

	Subjunctive	Conditional	Passé simple	Imperfect subjunctive
j'	apporte	apporterais	apportai	apportasse
tu	apportes	apporterais	apportas	apportasses
il	apporte	apporterait	apporta	apportât
nous	apportions	apporterions	apportâmes	apportassions
vous	apportiez	apporteriez	apportâtes	apportassiez
ils	apportent	apporteraient	apportèrent	apportassent

	Imperative
(tu)	apporte
(nous)	apportons
(vous)	apportez

How to Form the Past Tense of Apporter

Though the passé composé is a compound tense, it's important to note here. It's the most common way of forming the past tense. To do so, you must know the auxiliary verb and past participle of the verb you wish to use. For apporter, the auxiliary verb is avoir and the past participle is apporté.

For example:

J'ai apporté le repas.
I brought the meal.

Nous avons apporté les jeux de la fête.
We brought the party games.

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