The French for water is the verb arroser

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French for water, as in the verb 'to water', is the regular ER verb arroser, fully conjugated here in all the main tenses that are used in modern French language.

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For learning verbs like the French for arroser use cartoon Memory Triggers.

For example:Ma voisine arrose ses fleurs tous les jours.

It be translated in English by: My neighbour waters her flowers everyday.

So, if you want to know how to say water 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 arroser - French for water

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of arroser, which is French for water.

• I water.
• you watered.
• he will water.
• we would water.
• they may water.

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

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE arroser
Simple Tenses arroser
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent water	arrose	arroses	arrose	arrosons	arrosez	arrosent
Past Imperfect Imparfait watered	arrosais	arrosais	arrosait	arrosions	arrosiez	arrosaient
Simple Past Passé Simple watered	arrosai	arrosas	arrosa	arrosâmes	arrosâtes	arrosèrent
Future Futur will water	arroserai	arroseras	arrosera	arroserons	arroserez	arroseront
Conditional Conditionnel would water	arroserais	arroserais	arroserait	arroserions	arroseriez	arroseraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may water	arrose	arroses	arrose	arrosions	arrosiez	arrosent
Compound Tenses arroser
Present Perfect Passé Composé have watered	ai arrosé	as arrosé	a arrosé	avons arrosé	avez arrosé	ont arrosé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had watered	avais arrosé	avais arrosé	avait arrosé	avions arrosé	aviez arrosé	avaient arrosé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have watered	aurai arrosé	auras arrosé	aura arrosé	aurons arrosé	aurez arrosé	auront arrosé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have watered	aurais arrosé	aurais arrosé	aurait arrosé	aurions arrosé	auriez arrosé	auraient arrosé
Imperative Imperatif water!		arrose		arrosons	arrosez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of arroser the French for water
présent de l’indicatif

j’arrose
- I water
tu arroses
- you water - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on arrose
- he, she, it, one waters
nous arrosons
- we water
vous arrosez
- you water (formal or plural)
ils, elles arrosent
- they water

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of arroser, the French for water
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’arrosais
- I watered
- I was watering
tu arrosais
- you watered- (familiar or informal)
- you were watering
il, elle, on arrosait
- he, she, it, one watered
- he, she, it, one was watering
nous arrosions
- we watered
- we were watering
vous arrosiez
- you watered- (formal or plural)
- you were watering
ils, elles arrosaient
- they watered
- they were watering

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of arroser, the French for water
passé simple

j’arrosai
- I watered
tu arrosas
- you watered- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on arrosa
- he, she, it, one watered
nous arrosâmes
- we watered
vous arrosâtes
- you watered- (formal or plural)
ils, elles arrosèrent
they watered
(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 arroser, the French for water
futur

j’arroserai
- I will water
tu arroseras
- you will water (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on arrosera
- he, she, it, one will water
nous arroserons
- we will water
vous arroserez
- you will water (formal or plural)
ils, elles arroseront
- they will water

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Conditional Tense conjugations of arroser, the French for water
conditionnel

j’arroserais
- I would water
tu arroserais
- you would water (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on arroserait
- he, she, it, one would water
nous arroserions
- we would water
vous arroseriez
- you would water (formal or plural)
ils, elles arroseraient
- they would water

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of arroser, the French for water
présent de subjonctif

que j’arrose
- that I may water
que tu arroses
- that you may water(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on arrose
- that he, she, it, one may water
que nous arrosions
- that we may water
que vous arrosiez
- that you may water(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles arrosent
- that they may water

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb arroser - the verb ‘to water’ in French

Past Participle of arroser is:
arrosé -watered.

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 watered
• you had watered
• he will have watered
• we would have watered

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of arroser - French for water
passé composé

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

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

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

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of arroser, the French for water
futur antérieur

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

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of arroser, the French for water
conditionnel passé

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

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Imperative Tense conjugations of arroser, the French for water
impératif

arrose
- water!
arrosons
- let’s water!
arrosez
- water!

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Present Participle of arroser

arrosant - watering

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