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Agir conjugation: to act in every French tense (free PDF download)

French verb conjugation: 150 verbs in every tense

Learn agir, “to act”, and you add a very practical verb to your French: it is a useful everyday verb (number 148 of the 150 on this site). It is a regular 2nd-group verb: the stem gains -iss- in the plural, as in nous agissons and the present participle agissant. In compound tenses it takes avoir (j’ai agi), with the past participle agi. Below you will find every tense, example sentences and a free printable PDF.

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agir at a glance: meaning, group and auxiliary

Infinitive
agir — to act
Group
2nd group (-ir verbs)
Type
Regular -ir verb (present participle in -issant)
Auxiliary
takes avoir
Construction
Intransitive (no object)
Conjugated like
finir (to finish)
Frequency
No. 148 of the 150 most common French verbs

The endings are in bold. Tense names are given in French with the English equivalent in parentheses; pronouns and verb forms stay in French, as you will see and hear them.

Indicatif (indicative): agir

Présent (present tense)

Présent (present tense) of the verb agir
j’agis
tuagis
ilagit
nousagissons
vousagissez
ilsagissent

Imparfait (imperfect)

Imparfait (imperfect) of the verb agir
j’agissais
tuagissais
ilagissait
nousagissions
vousagissiez
ilsagissaient

Passé simple (simple past, literary)

Passé simple (simple past, literary) of the verb agir
j’agis
tuagis
ilagit
nousagîmes
vousagîtes
ilsagirent

Futur simple (simple future)

Futur simple (simple future) of the verb agir
j’agirai
tuagiras
ilagira
nousagirons
vousagirez
ilsagiront

Passé composé (compound past)

Passé composé (compound past) of the verb agir
j’ai agi
tuas agi
ila agi
nousavons agi
vousavez agi
ilsont agi

Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect)

Plus-que-parfait (pluperfect) of the verb agir
j’avais agi
tuavais agi
ilavait agi
nousavions agi
vousaviez agi
ilsavaient agi

Passé antérieur (past anterior)

Passé antérieur (past anterior) of the verb agir
j’eus agi
tueus agi
ileut agi
nouseûmes agi
vouseûtes agi
ilseurent agi

Futur antérieur (future perfect)

Futur antérieur (future perfect) of the verb agir
j’aurai agi
tuauras agi
ilaura agi
nousaurons agi
vousaurez agi
ilsauront agi

Conditionnel (conditional): agir

Conditionnel présent (present conditional)

Conditionnel présent (present conditional) of the verb agir
j’agirais
tuagirais
ilagirait
nousagirions
vousagiriez
ilsagiraient

Conditionnel passé (past conditional)

Conditionnel passé (past conditional) of the verb agir
j’aurais agi
tuaurais agi
ilaurait agi
nousaurions agi
vousauriez agi
ilsauraient agi

Subjonctif (subjunctive): agir

Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive)

Subjonctif présent (present subjunctive) of the verb agir
que j’agisse
que tuagisses
qu’ilagisse
que nousagissions
que vousagissiez
qu’ilsagissent

Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive)

Subjonctif passé (past subjunctive) of the verb agir
que j’aie agi
que tuaies agi
qu’ilait agi
que nousayons agi
que vousayez agi
qu’ilsaient agi

Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive)

Subjonctif imparfait (imperfect subjunctive) of the verb agir
que j’agisse
que tuagisses
qu’ilagît
que nousagissions
que vousagissiez
qu’ilsagissent

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive)

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait (pluperfect subjunctive) of the verb agir
que j’eusse agi
que tueusses agi
qu’ileût agi
que nouseussions agi
que vouseussiez agi
qu’ilseussent agi

Impératif (imperative): agir

Impératif présent (imperative)

Impératif présent (imperative) of the verb agir
(tu)agis
(nous)agissons
(vous)agissez

Impératif passé (past imperative)

Impératif passé (past imperative) of the verb agir
(tu)aie agi
(nous)ayons agi
(vous)ayez agi

Infinitive, participles and gerund of agir

Non-personal forms of the verb agir
Infinitif présent (present infinitive)agir
Infinitif passé (past infinitive)avoir agi
Participe présent (present participle)agissant
Participe passé (past participle)agi (masc. sing.), agie (fem. sing.), agis (masc. pl.), agies (fem. pl.)
Gérondif présent (gerund, “while doing”)en agissant
Gérondif passé (past gerund)en ayant agi

Example sentences with agir

Real French sentences, with the conjugated form in bold, followed by the tense.

Watch out with agir

Use avoir

In compound tenses agir takes avoir (j’ai agi). The participle agi agrees only with a direct object placed before the verb.

The -iss- stem

Regular -ir verbs add -iss- in the plural and in the participle and subjunctive: nous agissons, ils agissent, que j’agisse.

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Review the French tenses

Questions about agir

How do you conjugate agir (to act) in the present tense?

In the présent: j’agis, tu agis, il agit, nous agissons, vous agissez, ils agissent.

Does agir take être or avoir in the passé composé?

agir takes avoir in compound tenses: j’ai agi, nous avons agi. The past participle is agi.

What are the future and conditional forms of agir?

Futur simple: j’agirai. Conditionnel présent: j’agirais. Both are built on the same stem (agir-).

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