AGIR (TO ACT)

GROUP 2 REGULAR VERB

NIVEAUX
A1 - niveau découverte (beginner)
A2 - niveau usuel (elementary)
B1 - niveau seuil (intermediate)
B2 - niveau indépendant (upper intermediate)

NOTES SUR LES PRONOMS SUJETS

◦ tu - you (informal, used for people you know or with children)
◦ vous - you (more formal, or for more than one person)
◦ on - here, we illustrate on as the informal/conversational 'we' but depending on context it can be
translated in other ways, for example 'one', 'you', 'they', 'everyone', 'someone' and 'people'.
◦ ils - they (used to replace masculine nouns or mixed masculine and feminine nouns)
◦ elles - they (used to replace feminine nouns)

NOTES SUR LES TEMPS

Refer to the course outline page to explore the individual tenses in more detail.

For example, lesson 23 is very useful for comparing the passé composé to the imparfait, and
lesson 10 gives you information on how to express the 'continuous' in French.

NOTES SUR LA DÉFINITION

This verb does not mean 'to act on stage' but 'to take action/take effect'.

PRÉSENT
◦ j'agis - I act, I am acting
◦ tu agis - you act, you are acting
◦ il agit - he acts, he is acting
◦ elle agit - she acts, she is acting

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◦ on agit - we act, we are acting
◦ nous agissons - we act, we are acting
◦ vous agissez - you act, you are acting
◦ ils agissent - they act, they are acting
◦ elles agissent - they act, they are acting

PASSÉ COMPOSÉ
◦ j'ai agi - I acted, I have acted, I did act
◦ tu as agi - you acted, you have acted, you did act
◦ il a agi - he acted, he has acted, he did act
◦ elle a agi - she acted, she has acted, she did act
◦ on a agi - we acted, we have acted, we did act
◦ nous avons agi - we acted, we have acted, we did act
◦ vous avez agi - you acted, you have acted, you did act
◦ ils ont agi - they acted, they have acted, they did act
◦ elles ont agi - they acted, they have acted, they did act

FUTUR SIMPLE
◦ j'agirai - I will act
◦ tu agiras - you will act
◦ il agira - he will act
◦ elle agira - she will act
◦ on agira - we will act
◦ nous agirons - we will act
◦ vous agirez - you will act
◦ ils agiront - they will act
◦ elles agiront - they will act

IMPARFAIT
◦ j'agissais - I was acting, I used to act, I acted
◦ tu agissais - you were acting, you used to act, you acted
◦ il agissait - he was acting, he used to act, he acted
◦ elle agissait - she was acting, she used to act, she acted
◦ on agissait - we were acting, we used to act, we acted
◦ nous agissions - we were acting, we used to act, we acted
◦ vous agissiez - you were acting, you used to act, you acted

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◦ ils agissaient - they were acting, they used to act, they acted
◦ elles agissaient - they were acting, they used to act, they acted

CONDITIONNEL PRÉSENT
◦ j'agirais - I would act
◦ tu agirais - you would act
◦ il agirait - he would act
◦ elle agirait - she would act
◦ on agirait - we would act
◦ nous agirions - we would act
◦ vous agiriez - you would act
◦ ils agiraient - they would act
◦ elles agiraient - they would act

PLUS-QUE-PARFAIT
◦ j'avais agi - I had acted
◦ tu avais agi - you had acted
◦ il avait agi - he had acted
◦ elle avait agi - she had acted
◦ on avait agi - we had acted
◦ nous avions agi - we had acted
◦ vous aviez agi - you had acted
◦ ils avaient agi - they had acted
◦ elles avaient agi - they had acted

FUTUR ANTÉRIEUR
◦ j'aurai agi - I will have acted
◦ tu auras agi - you will have acted
◦ il aura agi - he will have acted
◦ elle aura agi - she will have acted
◦ on aura agi - we will have acted
◦ nous aurons agi - we will have acted
◦ vous aurez agi - you will have acted
◦ ils auront agi - they will have acted
◦ elles auront agi - they will have acted

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CONDITIONNEL PASSÉ
◦ j'aurais agi - I would have acted
◦ tu aurais agi - you would have acted
◦ il aurait agi - he would have acted
◦ elle aurait agi - she would have acted
◦ on aurait agi - we would have acted
◦ nous aurions agi - we would have acted
◦ vous auriez agi - you would have acted
◦ ils auraient agi - they would have acted
◦ elles auraient agi - they would have acted

SUBJONCTIF PRÉSENT
◦ que j'agisse - that I act
◦ que tu agisses - that you act
◦ qu'il agisse - that he acts
◦ qu'elle agisse - that she acts
◦ qu'on agisse - that we act
◦ que nous agissions - that we act
◦ que vous agissiez - that you act
◦ qu'ils agissent - that they act
◦ qu'elles agissent - that they act

SUBJONCTIF PASSÉ
◦ que j'aie agi - that I acted
◦ que tu aies agi - that you acted
◦ qu'il ait agi - that he acted
◦ qu'elle ait agi - that she acted
◦ qu'on ait agi - that we acted
◦ que nous ayons agi - that we acted
◦ que vous ayez agi - that you acted
◦ qu'ils aient agi - that they acted
◦ qu'elles aient agi - that they acted

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IMPÉRATIF PRÉSENT
◦ agis - act
◦ agissons - let us act
◦ agissez - act

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