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FRENCH VERB

améliorer

to improve

  • #372 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: amélioré
  • Present participle: améliorant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use améliorer

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

  1. Present

    Je lis tous les soirs pour améliorer mon vocabulaire.

    I read every evening to improve my vocabulary.

  2. Past

    Ils ont vraiment amélioré le service depuis l'an dernier.

    They've really improved the service since last year.

  3. Imperfect

    Chaque semaine, elle améliorait un peu sa recette.

    Each week, she improved her recipe a little.

  4. Future

    Un nouveau four améliorera la qualité du pain.

    A new oven will improve the quality of the bread.

  5. Conditional

    Ça améliorerait ma vie d'avoir un lave-vaisselle.

    Having a dishwasher would improve my life.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut que tu améliores ta prononciation du r.

    You need to improve your pronunciation of the r.

  7. Imperative

    Améliorez votre texte et renvoyez-le-moi demain.

    Improve your text and send it back to me tomorrow.

Good to know

  • S'améliorer is to get better : mon français s'améliore.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.