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avancer: Conjugation

The avancer conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb avancer according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of avancer, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of avancer at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
j' avance tu avances il/elle avance nous avançons vous avancez ils/elles avancent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai avancé tu as avancé il/elle a avancé nous avons avancé vous avez avancé ils/elles ont avancé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' avançais tu avançais il/elle avançait nous avancions vous avanciez ils/elles avançaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais avancé tu avais avancé il/elle avait avancé nous avions avancé vous aviez avancé ils/elles avaient avancé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' avancerai tu avanceras il/elle avancera nous avancerons vous avancerez ils/elles avanceront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai avancé tu auras avancé il/elle aura avancé nous aurons avancé vous aurez avancé ils/elles auront avancé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' avancerais tu avancerais il/elle avancerait nous avancerions vous avanceriez ils/elles avanceraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais avancé tu aurais avancé il/elle aurait avancé nous aurions avancé vous auriez avancé ils/elles auraient avancé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' avance tu avances il/elle avance nous avancions vous avanciez ils/elles avancent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie avancé tu aies avancé il/elle ait avancé nous ayons avancé vous ayez avancé ils/elles aient avancé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' avançai tu avanças il/elle avança nous avançâmes vous avançâtes ils/elles avancèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus avancé tu eus avancé il/elle eut avancé nous eûmes avancé vous eûtes avancé ils/elles eurent avancé Pronounce these verb forms

In terms of pronunciation, this is a completely regular -ar verb.

A slight complication affects the spelling only: when c is followed by a or o, it is replaced in the spelling by ç so that the [s] sound is preserved. (Normally in French spelling, c followed by a or o represents a [k] sound.)