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aguerrir
aguerrir
French
Verb
aguerrir
- to harden (become or make something resistant or less sensitive to)
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of aguerrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | aguerrir | avoir aguerri | |||||
| gerund | en aguerrissant | en ayant aguerri | |||||
| present participle | aguerrissant /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | aguerri /a.ɡɛ.ʁi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aguerris /a.ɡɛ.ʁi/ |
aguerris /a.ɡɛ.ʁi/ |
aguerrit /a.ɡɛ.ʁi/ |
aguerrissons /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
aguerrissez /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.se/ |
aguerrissent /a.ɡɛ.ʁis/ |
| imperfect | aguerrissais /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sɛ/ |
aguerrissais /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sɛ/ |
aguerrissait /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sɛ/ |
aguerrissions /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
aguerrissiez /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sje/ |
aguerrissaient /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | aguerris /a.ɡɛ.ʁi/ |
aguerris /a.ɡɛ.ʁi/ |
aguerrit /a.ɡɛ.ʁi/ |
aguerrîmes /a.ɡɛ.ʁim/ |
aguerrîtes /a.ɡɛ.ʁit/ |
aguerrirent /a.ɡɛ.ʁiʁ/ |
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| future | aguerrirai /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.ʁe/ |
aguerriras /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.ʁa/ |
aguerrira /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.ʁa/ |
aguerrirons /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
aguerrirez /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.ʁe/ |
aguerriront /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | aguerrirais /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
aguerrirais /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
aguerrirait /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
aguerririons /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aguerririez /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.ʁje/ |
aguerriraient /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | aguerrisse /a.ɡɛ.ʁis/ |
aguerrisses /a.ɡɛ.ʁis/ |
aguerrisse /a.ɡɛ.ʁis/ |
aguerrissions /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
aguerrissiez /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sje/ |
aguerrissent /a.ɡɛ.ʁis/ |
| imperfect1 |
aguerrisse /a.ɡɛ.ʁis/ |
aguerrisses /a.ɡɛ.ʁis/ |
aguerrît /a.ɡɛ.ʁi/ |
aguerrissions /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
aguerrissiez /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sje/ |
aguerrissent /a.ɡɛ.ʁis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | aguerris /a.ɡɛ.ʁi/ |
— | aguerrissons /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
aguerrissez /a.ɡɛ.ʁi.se/ |
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