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FRENCH VERB

aider

to help

  • #82 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: aidé
  • Present participle: aidant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I help
  2. tu you help
  3. il, elle, on he/she helps
  4. nous we help
  5. vous you help
  6. ils, elles they help

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I helped
  2. tu you helped
  3. il, elle, on he/she helped
  4. nous we helped
  5. vous you helped
  6. ils, elles they helped

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to help
  2. tu you used to help
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to help
  4. nous we used to help
  5. vous you used to help
  6. ils, elles they used to help

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will help
  2. tu you will help
  3. il, elle, on he/she will help
  4. nous we will help
  5. vous you will help
  6. ils, elles they will help

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would help
  2. tu you would help
  3. il, elle, on he/she would help
  4. nous we would help
  5. vous you would help
  6. ils, elles they would help

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I help
  2. tu (that) you help
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she help
  4. nous (that) we help
  5. vous (that) you help
  6. ils, elles (that) they help

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu help!
  2. nous help! (let’s)
  3. vous help! (plural, or formal)

How to use aider

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Je vous aide avec vos valises ?

    Shall I help you with your bags?

  2. Past

    Mes voisins m'ont aidée à déménager.

    My neighbours helped me move.

  3. Imperfect

    Il aidait sa mère au magasin le samedi.

    He helped his mother at the shop on Saturdays.

  4. Future

    Je t'aiderai à préparer le dîner.

    I'll help you make dinner.

  5. Conditional

    Ça m'aiderait beaucoup si tu venais plus tôt.

    It would help me a lot if you came earlier.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Tu veux que je t'aide à porter ça ?

    Do you want me to help you carry that?

  7. Imperative

    Aidez-moi, s'il vous plaît, je suis perdu.

    Help me, please, I'm lost.

Good to know

  • Aider quelqu'un à faire : what you help with comes after à.

Where you hear aider

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

French · Beginner Level 1

  • J'aide ma mère le dimanche. I help my mother on Sundays.
  • Hugo m'a beaucoup aidée. Hugo helped me a lot.
  • Je vais vous aider. I'm going to help you.
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A Present for Chloe

Beginner Level 1 · aider

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The Last Evening

Beginner Level 1 · beaucoup aidée

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