No. 1,246 in French
acheter
To buy.
In a sentence
Je vais acheter une nouvelle voiture.
I'm going to buy a new car.
Here "acheter" is used in the infinitive form as part of the construction with the auxiliary verb "aller" to express a future intention.
Elle achète du pain tous les jours.
She buys bread every day.
In this sentence, "acheter" is conjugated in the present indicative tense to describe a habitual action.
Ils ont acheté une maison l'année dernière.
They bought a house last year.
Here, "acheter" is conjugated in the past tense (passé composé) to indicate a completed action in the past.
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