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alentir
alentir
French
Verb
alentir
- (chiefly obsolete) to slow down
Synonyms
- ralentir (much more common)
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 alentir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | alentir | avoir alenti | |||||
| gerund | en alentissant | en ayant alenti | |||||
| present participle | alentissant /a.lɑ̃.ti.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | alenti /a.lɑ̃.ti/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | alentis /a.lɑ̃.ti/ |
alentis /a.lɑ̃.ti/ |
alentit /a.lɑ̃.ti/ |
alentissons /a.lɑ̃.ti.sɔ̃/ |
alentissez /a.lɑ̃.ti.se/ |
alentissent /a.lɑ̃.tis/ |
| imperfect | alentissais /a.lɑ̃.ti.sɛ/ |
alentissais /a.lɑ̃.ti.sɛ/ |
alentissait /a.lɑ̃.ti.sɛ/ |
alentissions /a.lɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
alentissiez /a.lɑ̃.ti.sje/ |
alentissaient /a.lɑ̃.ti.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | alentis /a.lɑ̃.ti/ |
alentis /a.lɑ̃.ti/ |
alentit /a.lɑ̃.ti/ |
alentîmes /a.lɑ̃.tim/ |
alentîtes /a.lɑ̃.tit/ |
alentirent /a.lɑ̃.tiʁ/ |
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| future | alentirai /a.lɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ |
alentiras /a.lɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ |
alentira /a.lɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ |
alentirons /a.lɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
alentirez /a.lɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ |
alentiront /a.lɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | alentirais /a.lɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
alentirais /a.lɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
alentirait /a.lɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
alentirions /a.lɑ̃.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
alentiriez /a.lɑ̃.ti.ʁje/ |
alentiraient /a.lɑ̃.ti.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 | alentisse /a.lɑ̃.tis/ |
alentisses /a.lɑ̃.tis/ |
alentisse /a.lɑ̃.tis/ |
alentissions /a.lɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
alentissiez /a.lɑ̃.ti.sje/ |
alentissent /a.lɑ̃.tis/ |
| imperfect1 |
alentisse /a.lɑ̃.tis/ |
alentisses /a.lɑ̃.tis/ |
alentît /a.lɑ̃.ti/ |
alentissions /a.lɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
alentissiez /a.lɑ̃.ti.sje/ |
alentissent /a.lɑ̃.tis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | alentis /a.lɑ̃.ti/ |
— | alentissons /a.lɑ̃.ti.sɔ̃/ |
alentissez /a.lɑ̃.ti.se/ |
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