Conjugation table
Accompagner: conjugate “to accompany” in seven tenses
Conjugate accompagner across seven tenses, with an A1 present-first guide. Learn the direct person object, destination phrases and compound forms.
- A1
- 7 tenses
- Auxiliary: avoir
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In short
J’accompagne Nora à la gare means “I accompany Nora to the station”. Accompagner is a regular -er verb and takes the person directly: accompagner Nora. Its compound past uses avoir: J’ai accompagné Nora. Keep the apostrophe in j’accompagne before the vowel.
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Present first: say who goes with whom
The subject is the person accompanying someone; the direct object names the person accompanied. In J’accompagne Nora, you go with Nora. You can then add a destination: à la gare, au marché or chez le médecin. The destination preposition belongs to the place, rather than before the person’s name.
Nous accompagnons nos voisins au marché.
We accompany our neighbours to the market.
Nous takes accompagnons; vous takes accompagnez. With je, the vowel at the start of accompagne requires j’. The same elision appears in j’accompagnais and j’accompagnerai. The spelling gn stays together in all the reference forms. Accompagner can describe going with a friend, relative or visitor; the people and destination make the particular situation clear.
Seven-tense reference: revisit later sections as you progress
Use the present table for a first description of an outing. The other six sections extend the same verb to completed trips, repeated past actions, future plans, conditions, subjunctive clauses and instructions. Each example keeps a person as the direct object so the accompaniment relationship remains visible.
- Infinitive
- accompagner
- Past participle
- accompagné
- Present participle
- accompagnant
- Auxiliary
- avoir
PrésentDescribe accompanying someone now or regularly.
| j’ | accompagne |
| tu | accompagnes |
| il / elle / on | accompagne |
| nous | accompagnons |
| vous | accompagnez |
| ils / elles | accompagnent |
J’accompagne ma sœur à la gare.
I accompany my sister to the station.
Passé composéReport a completed accompaniment.
| j’ | ai accompagné |
| tu | as accompagné |
| il / elle / on | a accompagné |
| nous | avons accompagné |
| vous | avez accompagné |
| ils / elles | ont accompagné |
Nous avons accompagné nos amis au musée.
We accompanied our friends to the museum.
ImparfaitDescribe repeated accompaniment in the past.
| j’ | accompagnais |
| tu | accompagnais |
| il / elle / on | accompagnait |
| nous | accompagnions |
| vous | accompagniez |
| ils / elles | accompagnaient |
Elle accompagnait son frère à l’école.
She used to accompany her brother to school.
Futur simpleState a future arrangement.
| j’ | accompagnerai |
| tu | accompagneras |
| il / elle / on | accompagnera |
| nous | accompagnerons |
| vous | accompagnerez |
| ils / elles | accompagneront |
Tu accompagneras Nora demain.
You will accompany Nora tomorrow.
Conditionnel présentDescribe accompaniment under a condition.
| j’ | accompagnerais |
| tu | accompagnerais |
| il / elle / on | accompagnerait |
| nous | accompagnerions |
| vous | accompagneriez |
| ils / elles | accompagneraient |
Avec une voiture, j’accompagnerais mes parents à l’aéroport.
With a car, I would accompany my parents to the airport.
Subjonctif présentFollow an expression such as il faut que. Read the forms with que before the subject.
| j’ | accompagne |
| tu | accompagnes |
| il / elle / on | accompagne |
| nous | accompagnions |
| vous | accompagniez |
| ils / elles | accompagnent |
Il faut que vous accompagniez le groupe.
You need to accompany the group.
ImpératifAsk someone to go with a person.
| (tu) | accompagne |
| (nous) | accompagnons |
| (vous) | accompagnez |
Accompagne ton frère à l’entrée.
Go with your brother to the entrance.
Use avoir when the verb is accompagner
Accompagner uses avoir in the ordinary compound form even when the sentence describes movement to a place. J’ai accompagné Nora à la gare therefore keeps ai; the destination does not change the auxiliary. In these examples, the direct object follows the participle, so accompagné stays in its base form.
- Je accompagne Nora.J’accompagne Nora.
Je elides to j’ before the vowel beginning accompagne.
- J’accompagne à Nora à la gare.J’accompagne Nora à la gare.
Nora is the direct object. The à introduces the destination gare, rather than the person.
- Je suis accompagné Nora.J’ai accompagné Nora.
The active compound form uses avoir. Je suis accompagné would instead mean that someone is accompanying you.