The French for approach, come near is the verb aborder

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French for approach, come near is the regular ER verb aborder, in the most practical verb table yet devised.
It is used to express ‘come near somebody’ (to chat with him or her) in colloquial spoken French.

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So, if you want to know how to say approach, come near in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb aborder - French for approach, come near

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of aborder, which is French for approach, come near.

• I approach, come near.
• you approached.
• he will approach, come near.
• we would approach, come near.
• they may approach, come near.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for aborder, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE aborder
Simple Tenses aborder
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent approach, come near	aborde	abordes	aborde	abordons	abordez	abordent
Past Imperfect Imparfait approached	abordais	abordais	abordait	abordions	abordiez	abordaient
Simple Past Passé Simple approached	abordai	abordas	aborda	abordâmes	abordâtes	abordèrent
Future Futur will approach, come near	aborderai	aborderas	abordera	aborderons	aborderez	aborderont
Conditional Conditionnel would approach, come near	aborderais	aborderais	aborderait	aborderions	aborderiez	aborderaient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may approach, come near	aborde	abordes	aborde	abordions	abordiez	abordent
Compound Tenses aborder
Present Perfect Passé Composé have approached	ai abordé	as abordé	a abordé	avons abordé	avez abordé	ont abordé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had approached	avais abordé	avais abordé	avait abordé	avions abordé	aviez abordé	avaient abordé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai abordé	auras abordé	aura abordé	aurons abordé	aurez abordé	auront abordé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have approached	aurais abordé	aurais abordé	aurait abordé	aurions abordé	auriez abordé	auraient abordé
Imperative Imperatif approach, come near!		aborde		abordons	abordez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of aborder the French for approach, come near
présent de l’indicatif

j’aborde
- I approach, come near
tu abordes
- you approach, come near - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aborde
- he, she, it, one approaches
nous abordons
- we approach, come near
vous abordez
- you approach, come near (formal or plural)
ils, elles abordent
- they approach, come near

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of aborder, the French for approach, come near
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’abordais
- I approached
- I was approaching
tu abordais
- you approached- (familiar or informal)
- you were approaching
il, elle, on abordait
- he, she, it, one approached
- he, she, it, one was approaching
nous abordions
- we approached
- we were approaching
vous abordiez
- you approached- (formal or plural)
- you were approaching
ils, elles abordaient
- they approached
- they were approaching

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of aborder, the French for approach, come near
passé simple

j’abordai
- I approached
tu abordas
- you approached- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aborda
- he, she, it, one approached
nous abordâmes
- we approached
vous abordâtes
- you approached- (formal or plural)
ils, elles abordèrent
they approached
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of aborder, the French for approach, come near
futur

j’aborderai
- I will approach, come near
tu aborderas
- you will approach, come near (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on abordera
- he, she, it, one will approach, come near
nous aborderons
- we will approach, come near
vous aborderez
- you will approach, come near (formal or plural)
ils, elles aborderont
- they will approach, come near

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Conditional Tense conjugations of aborder, the French for approach, come near
conditionnel

j’aborderais
- I would approach, come near
tu aborderais
- you would approach, come near (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aborderait
- he, she, it, one would approach, come near
nous aborderions
- we would approach, come near
vous aborderiez
- you would approach, come near (formal or plural)
ils, elles aborderaient
- they would approach, come near

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of aborder, the French for approach, come near
présent de subjonctif

que j’aborde
- that I may approach, come near
que tu abordes
- that you may approach, come near(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on aborde
- that he, she, it, one may approach, come near
que nous abordions
- that we may approach, come near
que vous abordiez
- that you may approach, come near(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles abordent
- that they may approach, come near

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb aborder - the verb ‘to approach, come near’ in French

Past Participle of aborder is:
abordé -approached.

One can see the importance of the past participle in that it is used, with avoir to construct the compound tenses, four of which are in common useage today.

• I have approached
• you had approached
• he will have approached
• we would have approached

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of aborder - French for approach, come near
passé composé

Here’s the French for approach, come near conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai abordé
- I have approached or I did approach, come near or
- I approached
tu as abordé
- you have approached or you did approach, come near - (familiar or informal) or
- you approached
il, elle, on a abordé
- he, she, it, one has approach, come near or did approach, come near
- he, she, it approached
nous avons abordé
- we have approached or we did approach, come near
- we approached
vous avez abordé
- you have approached or you did approach, come near (formal or plural) or
- or we approached
ils, elles ont abordé
- they have approached or they did approach, come near
- they approached

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of aborder - approach, come near in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -approach, come near conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais abordé
- I had approached
tu avais abordé
- you had approached- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait abordé
- he, she, it, one had approached
nous avions abordé
- we had approached
vous aviez abordé
- you had approached (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient abordé
- they had approached

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of aborder, the French for approach, come near
futur antérieur

j’aurai abordé
- I will have
tu auras abordé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura abordé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons abordé
- we will have
vous aurez abordé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront abordé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of aborder, the French for approach, come near
conditionnel passé

j’aurais abordé
- I would have approached
tu aurais abordé
- you would have approached- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait abordé
- he, she, it, one would have approached
nous aurions abordé
- we would have approached
vous auriez abordé
- you would have approached- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient abordé
- they would have approached

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Imperative Tense conjugations of aborder, the French for approach, come near
impératif

aborde
- approach, come near!
abordons
- let’s approach, come near!
abordez
- approach, come near!

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Present Participle of aborder

abordant - approaching

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