The French for attack, prosecute, contest is the verb attaquer

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French for attack, prosecute, contest is the regular ER verb attaquer, presented in the most user-friendly layout with an in-depth look at all the conjugations.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb attaquer - French for attack, prosecute, contest

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of attaquer, which is French for attack, prosecute, contest.

• I attack, prosecute, contest.
• you attacked.
• he will attack, prosecute, contest.
• we would attack, prosecute, contest.
• they may attack, prosecute, contest.

The Verb Conjugating Tables below for attaquer, encourage you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Keep doing these many times.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE attaquer
Simple Tenses attaquer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent attack, prosecute, contest	attaque	attaques	attaque	attaquons	attaquez	attaquent
Past Imperfect Imparfait attacked	attaquais	attaquais	attaquait	attaquions	attaquiez	attaquaient
Simple Past Passé Simple attacked	attaquai	attaquas	attaqua	attaquâmes	attaquâtes	attaquèrent
Future Futur will attack, prosecute, contest	attaquerai	attaqueras	attaquera	attaquerons	attaquerez	attaqueront
Conditional Conditionnel would attack, prosecute, contest	attaquerais	attaquerais	attaquerait	attaquerions	attaqueriez	attaqueraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may attack, prosecute, contest	attaque	attaques	attaque	attaquions	attaquiez	attaquent
Compound Tenses attaquer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have attacked	ai attaqué	as attaqué	a attaqué	avons attaqué	avez attaqué	ont attaqué
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had attacked	avais attaqué	avais attaqué	avait attaqué	avions attaqué	aviez attaqué	avaient attaqué
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai attaqué	auras attaqué	aura attaqué	aurons attaqué	aurez attaqué	auront attaqué
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have attacked	aurais attaqué	aurais attaqué	aurait attaqué	aurions attaqué	auriez attaqué	auraient attaqué
Imperative Imperatif attack, prosecute, contest!		attaque		attaquons	attaquez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of attaquer the French for attack, prosecute, contest
présent de l’indicatif

j’attaque
- I attack, prosecute, contest
tu attaques
- you attack, prosecute, contest - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on attaque
- he, she, it, one attacks
nous attaquons
- we attack, prosecute, contest
vous attaquez
- you attack, prosecute, contest (formal or plural)
ils, elles attaquent
- they attack, prosecute, contest

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of attaquer, the French for attack, prosecute, contest
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’attaquais
- I attacked
- I was attacking
tu attaquais
- you attacked- (familiar or informal)
- you were attacking
il, elle, on attaquait
- he, she, it, one attacked
- he, she, it, one was attacking
nous attaquions
- we attacked
- we were attacking
vous attaquiez
- you attacked- (formal or plural)
- you were attacking
ils, elles attaquaient
- they attacked
- they were attacking

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of attaquer, the French for attack, prosecute, contest
passé simple

j’attaquai
- I attacked
tu attaquas
- you attacked- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on attaqua
- he, she, it, one attacked
nous attaquâmes
- we attacked
vous attaquâtes
- you attacked- (formal or plural)
ils, elles attaquèrent
they attacked
(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 attaquer, the French for attack, prosecute, contest
futur

j’attaquerai
- I will attack, prosecute, contest
tu attaqueras
- you will attack, prosecute, contest (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on attaquera
- he, she, it, one will attack, prosecute, contest
nous attaquerons
- we will attack, prosecute, contest
vous attaquerez
- you will attack, prosecute, contest (formal or plural)
ils, elles attaqueront
- they will attack, prosecute, contest

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Conditional Tense conjugations of attaquer, the French for attack, prosecute, contest
conditionnel

j’attaquerais
- I would attack, prosecute, contest
tu attaquerais
- you would attack, prosecute, contest (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on attaquerait
- he, she, it, one would attack, prosecute, contest
nous attaquerions
- we would attack, prosecute, contest
vous attaqueriez
- you would attack, prosecute, contest (formal or plural)
ils, elles attaqueraient
- they would attack, prosecute, contest

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of attaquer, the French for attack, prosecute, contest
présent de subjonctif

que j’attaque
- that I may attack, prosecute, contest
que tu attaques
- that you may attack, prosecute, contest(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on attaque
- that he, she, it, one may attack, prosecute, contest
que nous attaquions
- that we may attack, prosecute, contest
que vous attaquiez
- that you may attack, prosecute, contest(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles attaquent
- that they may attack, prosecute, contest

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb attaquer - the verb ‘to attack, prosecute, contest’ in French

Past Participle of attaquer is:
attaqué -attacked.

It's vital that you learn the past participle and the conjugations of avoir because these combinations form the 4 compound tenses which are listed below.

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

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of attaquer - French for attack, prosecute, contest
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of attaquer - attack, prosecute, contest in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of attaquer, the French for attack, prosecute, contest
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of attaquer, the French for attack, prosecute, contest
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of attaquer, the French for attack, prosecute, contest
impératif

attaque
- attack, prosecute, contest!
attaquons
- let’s attack, prosecute, contest!
attaquez
- attack, prosecute, contest!

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Present Participle of attaquer

attaquant - attacking

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like attaquer the French for attack, prosecute, contest

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