Key facts

Avantager

To favour · to give an advantage/to favour

B2Irregular
Model
ger
Stem
avantag
Past participle
avantagé

Examples

J'avantage Paul.

I favor Paul.

Il n'avantage pas son fils.

He doesn't favor his son.

Nous avantagions Lucie.

We favored Lucie.

Nous avons avantagé Marc.

We favored Marc.

This verb is highly irregular. Prioritize repetition and active recall.

Présent

Indicative present — everyday actions, ongoing situations, and habits; the tense you rely on most in conversation.

Group 1
J'avantage
Ifavour
Tuavantages
Youfavour
Ilavantage
Hefavours
Nousavantageons
Wefavour
Vousavantagez
Youfavour
Ilsavantagent
Theyfavour

Futur proche

Near future with aller + infinitive — what you are about to do, very soon after the moment of speaking.

Jevais avantager
Iam going to favour
Tuvas avantager
Youare going to favour
Ilva avantager
Heis going to favour
Nousallons avantager
Weare going to favour
Vousallez avantager
Youare going to favour
Ilsvont avantager
Theyare going to favour

Passé récent

Recent past with venir de + infinitive — something that has just finished, still fresh in the speaker’s mind.

Jeviens d'avantager
Ihave just favoured
Tuviens d'avantager
Youhave just favoured
Ilvient d'avantager
Hehas just favoured
Nousvenons d'avantager
Wehave just favoured
Vousvenez d'avantager
Youhave just favoured
Ilsviennent d'avantager
Theyhave just watched for
Ellesviennent d'avantager
Theyhave just favoured

Passé composé

Compound past with être or avoir + past participle — completed, one-off events and the backbone of spoken storytelling.

J'ai avantagé
Ihave favoured
Tuas avantagé
Youhave favoured
Ila avantagé
Hehas favoured
Nousavons avantagé
Wehave favoured
Vousavez avantagé
Youhave favoured
Ilsont avantagé
Theyhave watched for
Ellesont avantagé
Theyhave favoured

Conditionnel présent

Conditional mood — polite requests, imagined outcomes, and what would happen under certain conditions.

J'avantagerais
Iwould favour
Tuavantagerais
Youwould favour
Ilavantagerait
Hewould favour
Nousavantagerions
Wewould favour
Vousavantageriez
Youwould favour
Ilsavantageraient
Theywould favour

Futur simple

Simple future — often more formal or literary than the near future; states intentions farther ahead in time.

J'avantagerai
Iwill favour
Tuavantageras
Youwill favour
Ilavantagera
Hewill favour
Nousavantagerons
Wewill favour
Vousavantagerez
Youwill favour
Ilsavantageront
Theywill favour

Imparfait

Imperfect — repeated habits in the past, background description, and actions still in progress when something else occurred.

J'avantageais
Iwas favouring
Tuavantageais
Youwere favouring
Ilavantageait
Hewas favouring
Nousavantagions
Were favouring
Vousavantagiez
Youwere favouring
Ilsavantageaient
Theywere favouring

Impératif présent

Present imperative — direct commands and friendly requests; only tu, nous, and vous person forms exist.

(Tu)avantage
Youfavour
(Nous)avantageons
Wefavour
(Vous)avantagez
Youfavour

Participe présent

Present participle — the -ant form in subordinate clauses, compound tenses, and many fixed expressions.

avantageant
favouring

Gérondif présent

Gerund with en + present participle — simultaneous action, manner, or cause while something else is going on.

en avantageant
favouring

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