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attendre
attendre
French
Verb
attendre
- (transitive) to wait for, to await
- J’attends mon cousin à la gare.
- I am waiting for my cousin at the station.
- J’attends mon cousin à la gare.
- to expect
- On attendait mieux de toi.
- We expected more from you.
- On attendait mieux de toi.
- (reflexive, followed by à) to expect.
- Je m'attendais à pire.
Conjugation
Conjugation of attendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | attendre | avoir attendu | |||||
| gerund | en attendant | en ayant attendu | |||||
| present participle | attendant /a.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | attendu /a.tɑ̃.dy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | attends /a.tɑ̃/ |
attends /a.tɑ̃/ |
attend /a.tɑ̃/ |
attendons /a.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
attendez /a.tɑ̃.de/ |
attendent /a.tɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | attendais /a.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
attendais /a.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
attendait /a.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
attendions /a.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
attendiez /a.tɑ̃.dje/ |
attendaient /a.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | attendis /a.tɑ̃.di/ |
attendis /a.tɑ̃.di/ |
attendit /a.tɑ̃.di/ |
attendîmes /a.tɑ̃.dim/ |
attendîtes /a.tɑ̃.dit/ |
attendirent /a.tɑ̃.diʁ/ |
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| future | attendrai /a.tɑ̃.dʁe/ |
attendras /a.tɑ̃.dʁa/ |
attendra /a.tɑ̃.dʁa/ |
attendrons /a.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
attendrez /a.tɑ̃.dʁe/ |
attendront /a.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | attendrais /a.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
attendrais /a.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
attendrait /a.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
attendrions /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
attendriez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
attendraient /a.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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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 | attende /a.tɑ̃d/ |
attendes /a.tɑ̃d/ |
attende /a.tɑ̃d/ |
attendions /a.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
attendiez /a.tɑ̃.dje/ |
attendent /a.tɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect1 |
attendisse /a.tɑ̃.dis/ |
attendisses /a.tɑ̃.dis/ |
attendît /a.tɑ̃.di/ |
attendissions /a.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
attendissiez /a.tɑ̃.di.sje/ |
attendissent /a.tɑ̃.dis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | attends /a.tɑ̃/ |
— | attendons /a.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
attendez /a.tɑ̃.de/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Usage notes
This is a false friend in French, and does not mean “to attend” under any circumstances.