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amortir
amortir
French
Verb
amortir
- to cushion, absorb, soften (shock, blow etc.)
- to deaden, muffle (noise)
- (finance) to pay off, amortize; to redeem (a title)
- (architecture) to put an amortizement on
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 amortir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | amortir | avoir amorti | |||||
| gerund | en amortissant | en ayant amorti | |||||
| present participle | amortissant /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | amorti /a.mɔʁ.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 | amortis /a.mɔʁ.ti/ |
amortis /a.mɔʁ.ti/ |
amortit /a.mɔʁ.ti/ |
amortissons /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
amortissez /a.mɔʁ.ti.se/ |
amortissent /a.mɔʁ.tis/ |
| imperfect | amortissais /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
amortissais /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
amortissait /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
amortissions /a.mɔʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
amortissiez /a.mɔʁ.ti.sje/ |
amortissaient /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | amortis /a.mɔʁ.ti/ |
amortis /a.mɔʁ.ti/ |
amortit /a.mɔʁ.ti/ |
amortîmes /a.mɔʁ.tim/ |
amortîtes /a.mɔʁ.tit/ |
amortirent /a.mɔʁ.tiʁ/ |
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| future | amortirai /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁe/ |
amortiras /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁa/ |
amortira /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁa/ |
amortirons /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
amortirez /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁe/ |
amortiront /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | amortirais /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
amortirais /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
amortirait /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
amortirions /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amortiriez /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁje/ |
amortiraient /a.mɔʁ.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 | amortisse /a.mɔʁ.tis/ |
amortisses /a.mɔʁ.tis/ |
amortisse /a.mɔʁ.tis/ |
amortissions /a.mɔʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
amortissiez /a.mɔʁ.ti.sje/ |
amortissent /a.mɔʁ.tis/ |
| imperfect1 |
amortisse /a.mɔʁ.tis/ |
amortisses /a.mɔʁ.tis/ |
amortît /a.mɔʁ.ti/ |
amortissions /a.mɔʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
amortissiez /a.mɔʁ.ti.sje/ |
amortissent /a.mɔʁ.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 | – | |
| — | amortis /a.mɔʁ.ti/ |
— | amortissons /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
amortissez /a.mɔʁ.ti.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Descendants
- English: amortise