All verbs

/oɡmɑ̃te/to increaseB1

Family
Group 1 — regular `-er`
Takes
a direct object · no object — With an object it raises something; with none, it rises by itself

Build map — what to memorise

These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.

The nous form
augmentons
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

augment-+-e -es -e

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

augment-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

augment-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

augment-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

augment-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
augmenter
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

augmenter-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

augmenter-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

augmenter

Past participle
augmenté

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

augmenté

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

augmenté

Conjugation

présent
Ij'augmente/ʒoɡmɑ̃t/I increase
youtu augmentes/ty oɡmɑ̃t/you increase
he/sheil augmente/il oɡmɑ̃t/he increases
wenous augmentons/nuz oɡmɑ̃tɔ̃/we increase
youvous augmentez/vuz oɡmɑ̃te/you increase
theyils augmentent/ilz oɡmɑ̃t/they increase

Examples

  • Les prix ont augmenté.

    /le pʁi ɔ̃.t‿oɡ.mɑ̃.te/

    Prices have gone up.

  • Ça a augmenté de dix pour cent.

    /sa a oɡ.mɑ̃.te də di puʁ sɑ̃/

    It went up by ten per cent.

  • Ils ont augmenté mon salaire.

    /il.z‿ɔ̃.t‿oɡ.mɑ̃.te mɔ̃ sa.lɛʁ/

    They gave me a rise.

Set phrases

  • augmenter de

    to increase by

  • l'augmentation

    the increase, the pay rise

Notes

  • de for the amount of change: augmenter de dix pour cent — up BY ten per cent, not TO ten per cent. See pourcentages-fractions.