The French for speed up, quicken, keep busy is the verb activer

a regular verb conjugated in a free lesson

French for speed up, quicken, keep busy is the regular ER verb activer, displayed below in an easy to use tabular format which enables you to learn by subject pronoun, AND by tense. Most verb tables only allow you to learn only by tense, one tense at a time.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb activer - French for speed up, quicken, keep busy

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of activer, which is French for speed up, quicken, keep busy.

• I speed up, quicken, keep busy.
• you speeded up.
• he will speed up, quicken, keep busy.
• we would speed up, quicken, keep busy.
• they may speed up, quicken, keep busy.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for activer, help you to practice your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat these over and over again.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE activer
Simple Tenses activer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent speed up, quicken, keep busy	active	actives	active	activons	activez	activent
Past Imperfect Imparfait speeded up	activais	activais	activait	activions	activiez	activaient
Simple Past Passé Simple speeded up	activai	activas	activa	activâmes	activâtes	activèrent
Future Futur will speed up, quicken, keep busy	activerai	activeras	activera	activerons	activerez	activeront
Conditional Conditionnel would speed up, quicken, keep busy	activerais	activerais	activerait	activerions	activeriez	activeraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may speed up, quicken, keep busy	active	actives	active	activions	activiez	activent
Compound Tenses activer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have speeded up	ai activé	as activé	a activé	avons activé	avez activé	ont activé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had speeded up	avais activé	avais activé	avait activé	avions activé	aviez activé	avaient activé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai activé	auras activé	aura activé	aurons activé	aurez activé	auront activé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have speeded up	aurais activé	aurais activé	aurait activé	aurions activé	auriez activé	auraient activé
Imperative Imperatif speed up, quicken, keep busy!		active		activons	activez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of activer the French for speed up, quicken, keep busy
présent de l’indicatif

j’active
- I speed up, quicken, keep busy
tu actives
- you speed up, quicken, keep busy - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on active
- he, she, it, one speeds up
nous activons
- we speed up, quicken, keep busy
vous activez
- you speed up, quicken, keep busy (formal or plural)
ils, elles activent
- they speed up, quicken, keep busy

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of activer, the French for speed up, quicken, keep busy
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’activais
- I speeded up
- I was speeding up
tu activais
- you speeded up- (familiar or informal)
- you were speeding up
il, elle, on activait
- he, she, it, one speeded up
- he, she, it, one was speeding up
nous activions
- we speeded up
- we were speeding up
vous activiez
- you speeded up- (formal or plural)
- you were speeding up
ils, elles activaient
- they speeded up
- they were speeding up

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of activer, the French for speed up, quicken, keep busy
passé simple

j’activai
- I speeded up
tu activas
- you speeded up- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on activa
- he, she, it, one speeded up
nous activâmes
- we speeded up
vous activâtes
- you speeded up- (formal or plural)
ils, elles activèrent
they speeded up
(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 activer, the French for speed up, quicken, keep busy
futur

j’activerai
- I will speed up, quicken, keep busy
tu activeras
- you will speed up, quicken, keep busy (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on activera
- he, she, it, one will speed up, quicken, keep busy
nous activerons
- we will speed up, quicken, keep busy
vous activerez
- you will speed up, quicken, keep busy (formal or plural)
ils, elles activeront
- they will speed up, quicken, keep busy

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Conditional Tense conjugations of activer, the French for speed up, quicken, keep busy
conditionnel

j’activerais
- I would speed up, quicken, keep busy
tu activerais
- you would speed up, quicken, keep busy (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on activerait
- he, she, it, one would speed up, quicken, keep busy
nous activerions
- we would speed up, quicken, keep busy
vous activeriez
- you would speed up, quicken, keep busy (formal or plural)
ils, elles activeraient
- they would speed up, quicken, keep busy

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of activer, the French for speed up, quicken, keep busy
présent de subjonctif

que j’active
- that I may speed up, quicken, keep busy
que tu actives
- that you may speed up, quicken, keep busy(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on active
- that he, she, it, one may speed up, quicken, keep busy
que nous activions
- that we may speed up, quicken, keep busy
que vous activiez
- that you may speed up, quicken, keep busy(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles activent
- that they may speed up, quicken, keep busy

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb activer - the verb ‘to speed up, quicken, keep busy’ in French

Past Participle of activer is:
activé -speeded up.

Given that the past participle is put with several of the tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, create the four 'often-used' compound tenses, its significance is strongly underlined. Once you have thoroughly committed these avoir tenses to memory, you have unlocked the first major key to to construction of compound verbs in French.

• I have speeded up
• you had speeded up
• he will have speeded up
• we would have speeded up

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of activer - French for speed up, quicken, keep busy
passé composé

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

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of activer - speed up, quicken, keep busy in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -speed up, quicken, keep busy conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais activé
- I had speeded up
tu avais activé
- you had speeded up- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait activé
- he, she, it, one had speeded up
nous avions activé
- we had speeded up
vous aviez activé
- you had speeded up (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient activé
- they had speeded up

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of activer, the French for speed up, quicken, keep busy
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of activer, the French for speed up, quicken, keep busy
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of activer, the French for speed up, quicken, keep busy
impératif

active
- speed up, quicken, keep busy!
activons
- let’s speed up, quicken, keep busy!
activez
- speed up, quicken, keep busy!

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Present Participle of activer

activant - speeding up

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like activer the French for speed up, quicken, keep busy

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