The French for swallow is the verb avaler

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French for swallow is the regular ER verb avaler, fully conjugated here in all the main tenses that are used in modern French language.

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For example:Je n'aime pas parler avec lui car il avale toujours ses mots.

Which means: I don't like to speak with him for he always swalows his words.

So, if you want to know how to say swallow in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb avaler - French for swallow

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of avaler, which is French for swallow.

• I swallow.
• you swallowed.
• he will swallow.
• we would swallow.
• they may swallow.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for avaler, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE avaler
Simple Tenses avaler
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent swallow	avale	avales	avale	avalons	avalez	avalent
Past Imperfect Imparfait swallowed	avalais	avalais	avalait	avalions	avaliez	avalaient
Simple Past Passé Simple swallowed	avalai	avalas	avala	avalâmes	avalâtes	avalèrent
Future Futur will swallow	avalerai	avaleras	avalera	avalerons	avalerez	avaleront
Conditional Conditionnel would swallow	avalerais	avalerais	avalerait	avalerions	avaleriez	avaleraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may swallow	avale	avales	avale	avalions	avaliez	avalent
Compound Tenses avaler
Present Perfect Passé Composé have swallowed	ai avalé	as avalé	a avalé	avons avalé	avez avalé	ont avalé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had swallowed	avais avalé	avais avalé	avait avalé	avions avalé	aviez avalé	avaient avalé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have swallowed	aurai avalé	auras avalé	aura avalé	aurons avalé	aurez avalé	auront avalé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have swallowed	aurais avalé	aurais avalé	aurait avalé	aurions avalé	auriez avalé	auraient avalé
Imperative Imperatif swallow!		avale		avalons	avalez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of avaler the French for swallow
présent de l’indicatif

j’avale
- I swallow
tu avales
- you swallow - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avale
- he, she, it, one swallows
nous avalons
- we swallow
vous avalez
- you swallow (formal or plural)
ils, elles avalent
- they swallow

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of avaler, the French for swallow
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’avalais
- I swallowed
- I was swallowing
tu avalais
- you swallowed- (familiar or informal)
- you were swallowing
il, elle, on avalait
- he, she, it, one swallowed
- he, she, it, one was swallowing
nous avalions
- we swallowed
- we were swallowing
vous avaliez
- you swallowed- (formal or plural)
- you were swallowing
ils, elles avalaient
- they swallowed
- they were swallowing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of avaler, the French for swallow
passé simple

j’avalai
- I swallowed
tu avalas
- you swallowed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avala
- he, she, it, one swallowed
nous avalâmes
- we swallowed
vous avalâtes
- you swallowed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles avalèrent
they swallowed
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of avaler, the French for swallow
futur

j’avalerai
- I will swallow
tu avaleras
- you will swallow (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avalera
- he, she, it, one will swallow
nous avalerons
- we will swallow
vous avalerez
- you will swallow (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaleront
- they will swallow

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Conditional Tense conjugations of avaler, the French for swallow
conditionnel

j’avalerais
- I would swallow
tu avalerais
- you would swallow (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avalerait
- he, she, it, one would swallow
nous avalerions
- we would swallow
vous avaleriez
- you would swallow (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaleraient
- they would swallow

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of avaler, the French for swallow
présent de subjonctif

que j’avale
- that I may swallow
que tu avales
- that you may swallow(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on avale
- that he, she, it, one may swallow
que nous avalions
- that we may swallow
que vous avaliez
- that you may swallow(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles avalent
- that they may swallow

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb avaler - the verb ‘to swallow’ in French

Past Participle of avaler is:
avalé -swallowed.

The past participle is very important as it forms the various compound tenses, four of which are used in modern French conversation and writing. Check out the tenses in the tables below.

• I have swallowed
• you had swallowed
• he will have swallowed
• we would have swallowed

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of avaler - French for swallow
passé composé

Here’s the French for swallow conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai avalé
- I have swallowed or I did swallow or
- I swallowed
tu as avalé
- you have swallowed or you did swallow - (familiar or informal) or
- you swallowed
il, elle, on a avalé
- he, she, it, one has swallow or did swallow
- he, she, it swallowed
nous avons avalé
- we have swallowed or we did swallow
- we swallowed
vous avez avalé
- you have swallowed or you did swallow (formal or plural) or
- or we swallowed
ils, elles ont avalé
- they have swallowed or they did swallow
- they swallowed

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of avaler - swallow in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -swallow conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais avalé
- I had swallowed
tu avais avalé
- you had swallowed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait avalé
- he, she, it, one had swallowed
nous avions avalé
- we had swallowed
vous aviez avalé
- you had swallowed (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient avalé
- they had swallowed

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of avaler, the French for swallow
futur antérieur

j’aurai avalé
- I will have swallowed
tu auras avalé
- you will have swallowed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura avalé
- he, she, it, one will have swallowed
nous aurons avalé
- we will have swallowed
vous aurez avalé
- you will have swallowed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront avalé
- they will have swallowed

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of avaler, the French for swallow
conditionnel passé

j’aurais avalé
- I would have swallowed
tu aurais avalé
- you would have swallowed- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait avalé
- he, she, it, one would have swallowed
nous aurions avalé
- we would have swallowed
vous auriez avalé
- you would have swallowed- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient avalé
- they would have swallowed

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Imperative Tense conjugations of avaler, the French for swallow
impératif

avale
- swallow!
avalons
- let’s swallow!
avalez
- swallow!

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Present Participle of avaler

avalant - swallowing

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