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amollir
amollir
French
Verb
amollir
- to soften
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 amollir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | amollir | avoir amolli | |||||
| gerund | en amollissant | en ayant amolli | |||||
| present participle | amollissant /a.mɔ.li.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | amolli /a.mɔ.li/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollit /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollissons /a.mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ |
amollissez /a.mɔ.li.se/ |
amollissent /a.mɔ.lis/ |
| imperfect | amollissais /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
amollissais /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
amollissait /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
amollissions /a.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
amollissiez /a.mɔ.li.sje/ |
amollissaient /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollit /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollîmes /a.mɔ.lim/ |
amollîtes /a.mɔ.lit/ |
amollirent /a.mɔ.liʁ/ |
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| future | amollirai /a.mɔ.li.ʁe/ |
amolliras /a.mɔ.li.ʁa/ |
amollira /a.mɔ.li.ʁa/ |
amollirons /a.mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
amollirez /a.mɔ.li.ʁe/ |
amolliront /a.mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | amollirais /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
amollirais /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
amollirait /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
amollirions /a.mɔ.li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amolliriez /a.mɔ.li.ʁje/ |
amolliraient /a.mɔ.li.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 | amollisse /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollisses /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollisse /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollissions /a.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
amollissiez /a.mɔ.li.sje/ |
amollissent /a.mɔ.lis/ |
| imperfect1 |
amollisse /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollisses /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollît /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollissions /a.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
amollissiez /a.mɔ.li.sje/ |
amollissent /a.mɔ.lis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
— | amollissons /a.mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ |
amollissez /a.mɔ.li.se/ |
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