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The Verb in French for damage is abīmer

To damage in French is abīmer.
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Learning French verbs is best done by recognising the patterns that they follow. There are several patterns, but most of them follow regular patterns. If you practise these conjugations on these free online French language learning webpages, you will soon get to recognise the patterns.

This particular French verb, abīmer - to damage, is a regular ER verb, meaning that it follows the pattern that most French verbs ending in the letters ER follow.

Learn the French verb abīmer fully conjugated


The 5 Simple Tenses of the conjugated French verb abīmer - to damage


Present Indicative Tense conjugations of abīmer
présent de l’indicatif

j’abīme
- I damage
tu abīmes
- you damage - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on abīme
- he, she, it, one damages
nous abīmons
- we damage
vous abīmez
- you damage (formal or plural)
ils, elles abīment
- they damage


Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of abīmer
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’abīmais
- I damaged
- I was damaging
tu abīmais
- you damaged- (familiar or informal)
- you were damaging
il, elle, on abīmait
- he, she, it, one damaged
- he, she, it, one was damaging
nous abīmions
- we damaged
- we were damaging
vous abīmiez
- you damaged- (formal or plural)
- you were damaging
ils, elles abīmaient
- they damaged
- they were damaging



Future Tense conjugations of abīmer
futur

j’abīmerai
- I will damage
tu abīmeras
- you will damage (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on abīmera
- he, she, it, one will damage
nous abīmerons
- we will damage
vous abīmerez
- you will damage (formal or plural)
ils, elles abīmeront
- they will damage


Conditional Tense conjugations of abīmer
conditionnel

j’abīmerais
- I would damage
tu abīmerais
- you would damage (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on abīmerait
- he, she, it, one would damage
nous abīmerions
- we would damage
vous abīmeriez
- you would damage (formal or plural)
ils, elles abīmeraient
- they would damage



Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of abīmer
présent de subjonctif

que j’abīme
- that I may damage
que tu abīmes
- that you may damage(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on abīme
- that he, she, it, one may damage
que nous abīmions
- that we may damage
que vous abīmiez
- that you may damage(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles abīment
- that they may damage


The Four Compound Tenses of the French verb abīmer - the verb ’to damage’ in French


Past Participle of abīmer is: abīmé -damaged.

The past participle is very important as it is used to form the various compound tenses, four of which are used in modern French conversation and writing. Check out the tenses in the tables below.

Again learning the patterns that the compound verbs follow, means that you will soon see that these patterns repeat again and again. The compound tenses are always the same conjugations of either avoir or źtre, followed by the past participle.

Realising this will make your learning of French verbs easier.

Compound Past or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of abīmer
passé composé

j’ai abīmé
- I have damaged or I did damage or
- I damaged
tu as abīmé
- you have damaged or you did damage - (familiar or informal) or
- you damaged
il, elle, on a abīmé
- he, she, it, one has damage or did damage
- he, she, it damaged
nous avons abīmé
- we have damaged or we did damage
- we damaged
vous avez abīmé
- you have damaged or you did damage (formal or plural) or
- or we damaged
ils, elles ont abīmé
- they have damaged or they did damage
- they damaged


Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of abīmer - damage in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

j’avais abīmé
- I had damaged
tu avais abīmé
- you had damaged- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait abīmé
- he, she, it, one had damaged
nous avions abīmé
- we had damaged
vous aviez abīmé
- you had damaged (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient abīmé
- they had damaged


Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of abīmer
futur antérieur

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


Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of abīmer
conditionnel passé

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


Imperative Tense conjugations of abīmer
impératif

abīme
- damage!
abīmons
- let’s damage!
abīmez
- damage!


Present Participle of abīmer

abīmant - damaging


Other Less Common Tenses in French Verbs


There are other tenses in French but these are not really used in conversation. Hence we have not conjugated the French verb abīmer in the following tenses. They are useful to be aware of, as you may come across them in literature.

Simple Tenses not used much in French conversation these days...

  • The Simple Past (or past definite tense) passé simple. This tense is generally used in formal literature and historic writing. It is used very infrequently nowadays except for the verbs źtre and avoir which should be learned in these tenses. The passé composé is used in its place these days.
  • Imperfect Subjunctive - imparfait du subjonctif. Again this is used in formal writing and old literature and not used in modern writing or conversation. The present subjunctive is used these days.

Compound Tenses not used often in modern French conversation

  • Past Anterior tense - passé antérieur
  • Past Subjunctive tense - passé du subjonctif
  • Past Perfect subjunctive or pluperfect subjunctive - plus-que-parfait du subjonctif

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The word in French for to damage is the French verb abīmer.

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