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combattre
combattre
French
Verb
combattre
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like battre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *combatt and *combatts, it has the forms combat and combats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.
Conjugation of combattre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | combattre | avoir combattu | |||||
| gerund | en combattant | en ayant combattu | |||||
| present participle | combattant /kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | combattu /kɔ̃.ba.ty/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | combats /kɔ̃.ba/ |
combats /kɔ̃.ba/ |
combat /kɔ̃.ba/ |
combattons /kɔ̃.ba.tɔ̃/ |
combattez /kɔ̃.ba.te/ |
combattent /kɔ̃.bat/ |
| imperfect | combattais /kɔ̃.ba.tɛ/ |
combattais /kɔ̃.ba.tɛ/ |
combattait /kɔ̃.ba.tɛ/ |
combattions /kɔ̃.ba.tjɔ̃/ |
combattiez /kɔ̃.ba.tje/ |
combattaient /kɔ̃.ba.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | combattis /kɔ̃.ba.ti/ |
combattis /kɔ̃.ba.ti/ |
combattit /kɔ̃.ba.ti/ |
combattîmes /kɔ̃.ba.tim/ |
combattîtes /kɔ̃.ba.tit/ |
combattirent /kɔ̃.ba.tiʁ/ |
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| future | combattrai /kɔ̃.ba.tʁe/ |
combattras /kɔ̃.ba.tʁa/ |
combattra /kɔ̃.ba.tʁa/ |
combattrons /kɔ̃.ba.tʁɔ̃/ |
combattrez /kɔ̃.ba.tʁe/ |
combattront /kɔ̃.ba.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | combattrais /kɔ̃.ba.tʁɛ/ |
combattrais /kɔ̃.ba.tʁɛ/ |
combattrait /kɔ̃.ba.tʁɛ/ |
combattrions /kɔ̃.ba.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
combattriez /kɔ̃.ba.tʁi.je/ |
combattraient /kɔ̃.ba.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | combatte /kɔ̃.bat/ |
combattes /kɔ̃.bat/ |
combatte /kɔ̃.bat/ |
combattions /kɔ̃.ba.tjɔ̃/ |
combattiez /kɔ̃.ba.tje/ |
combattent /kɔ̃.bat/ |
| imperfect1 |
combattisse /kɔ̃.ba.tis/ |
combattisses /kɔ̃.ba.tis/ |
combattît /kɔ̃.ba.ti/ |
combattissions /kɔ̃.ba.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
combattissiez /kɔ̃.ba.ti.sje/ |
combattissent /kɔ̃.ba.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 | – | |
| — | combats /kɔ̃.ba/ |
— | combattons /kɔ̃.ba.tɔ̃/ |
combattez /kɔ̃.ba.te/ |
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