The French verb acheter means "to buy". Below are its 7 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of acheter is j'achète, tu achètes, il/elle achète, nous achetons, vous achetez, ils/elles achètent. It counts as a regular -er verb, though 21 of its forms differ from the model pattern and are marked in the tables. The tables below cover 7 tenses, from the present to the imperative. Its compound tenses are formed with avoir.
Forms in orange break the regular -er pattern.
| j' | achète (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | achètes (irregular) | |
| il/ | achète (irregular) | |
| nous | achetons | |
| vous | achetez | |
| ils/ | achètent (irregular) |
| j' | ai acheté |
|---|---|
| tu | as acheté |
| il/ | a acheté |
| nous | avons acheté |
| vous | avez acheté |
| ils/ | ont acheté |
| j' | achetais |
|---|---|
| tu | achetais |
| il/ | achetait |
| nous | achetions |
| vous | achetiez |
| ils/ | achetaient |
| j' | achèterai (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | achèteras (irregular) |
| il/ | achètera (irregular) |
| nous | achèterons (irregular) |
| vous | achèterez (irregular) |
| ils/ | achèteront (irregular) |
| j' | achèterais (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | achèterais (irregular) |
| il/ | achèterait (irregular) |
| nous | achèterions (irregular) |
| vous | achèteriez (irregular) |
| ils/ | achèteraient (irregular) |
| que j' | achète (irregular) |
|---|---|
| que tu | achètes (irregular) |
| qu'il/ | achète (irregular) |
| que nous | achetions |
| que vous | achetiez |
| qu'ils/ | achètent (irregular) |
| tu | achète (irregular) |
|---|---|
| nous | achetons |
| vous | achetez |
Acheter is regular, with spelling changes only. The stem changes from achet to achèt in forms such as achète and achèterai, while nous achetons keeps the regular spelling pattern.
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Yes, acheter is regular, with spelling changes only. Its forms follow the regular -er model, with changes such as achète and achèterai.
The forms are achète, achètes, achète, achetons, achetez, and achètent. The spelling changes in the singular and ils elles forms, while nous and vous use achet.
The present participle is achetant and the past participle is acheté. The auxiliary is avoir, as shown by ai acheté, avons acheté, and ont acheté.