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apporter

to bring (something); to take

Usage

A very common verb meaning to bring (something to somewhere/someone) — distinct from amener, which is for bringing people. Also used figuratively for bringing about a change or contribution (apporter une solution, des preuves).

Examples
  • Peux-tu apporter du pain ce soir ? — Can you bring some bread tonight?
  • Cette réforme apporte de vrais changements. — This reform brings real changes.
  • Il a apporté son témoignage au procès. — He gave (brought) his testimony at the trial.
Common mistake

Learners often mix up apporter (to bring a thing) and amener (to bring a person) — "apporte le livre" but "amène ton frère," not the reverse.

In real life
  • expression "Apporter de l'eau à son moulin" — A common French idiom meaning to provide arguments or evidence that reinforce one's own position — from the medieval image of water powering a miller's mill.

Simple tenses

Present

jeapporte
tuapportes
il/elleapporte
nousapportons
vousapportez
ils/ellesapportent

Imperfect

jeapportais
tuapportais
il/elleapportait
nousapportions
vousapportiez
ils/ellesapportaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeapportai
tuapportas
il/elleapporta
nousapportâmes
vousapportâtes
ils/ellesapportèrent

Future

jeapporterai
tuapporteras
il/elleapportera
nousapporterons
vousapporterez
ils/ellesapporteront

Conditional

jeapporterais
tuapporterais
il/elleapporterait
nousapporterions
vousapporteriez
ils/ellesapporteraient

Subjunctive

jeapporte
tuapportes
il/elleapporte
nousapportions
vousapportiez
ils/ellesapportent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeapportasse
tuapportasses
il/elleapportât
nousapportassions
vousapportassiez
ils/ellesapportassent

Imperative

tuapporte
nousapportons
vousapportez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai apporté
tuas apporté
il/ellea apporté
nousavons apporté
vousavez apporté
ils/ellesont apporté

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais apporté
tuavais apporté
il/elleavait apporté
nousavions apporté
vousaviez apporté
ils/ellesavaient apporté

Passé antérieur

jeeus apporté
tueus apporté
il/elleeut apporté
nouseûmes apporté
vouseûtes apporté
ils/elleseurent apporté

Futur antérieur

jeaurai apporté
tuauras apporté
il/elleaura apporté
nousaurons apporté
vousaurez apporté
ils/ellesauront apporté

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais apporté
tuaurais apporté
il/elleaurait apporté
nousaurions apporté
vousauriez apporté
ils/ellesauraient apporté

Subjonctif passé

jeaie apporté
tuaies apporté
il/elleait apporté
nousayons apporté
vousayez apporté
ils/ellesaient apporté

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse apporté
tueusses apporté
il/elleeût apporté
nouseussions apporté
vouseussiez apporté
ils/elleseussent apporté

Impératif passé

tuaie apporté
nousayons apporté
vousayez apporté

Other

Present participle

apportant

Past participle

apporté

Infinitive

apporter

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Frequently asked questions

What does "apporter" mean?

"apporter" means "to bring (something); to take".

How do you conjugate "apporter" in the present tense?

The present of "apporter" is: je apporte, tu apportes, il/elle apporte, nous apportons, vous apportez, ils/elles apportent.

What is the Passé composé of "apporter"?

The passé composé of "apporter" is: je ai apporté, tu as apporté, il/elle a apporté, nous avons apporté, vous avez apporté, ils/elles ont apporté.

What is the Imperative of "apporter"?

The imperative of "apporter" is: tu apporte, nous apportons, vous apportez.

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