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grandir
grandir
French
Verb
grandir
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 grandir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | grandir | avoir grandi | |||||
| gerund | en grandissant | en ayant grandi | |||||
| present participle | grandissant /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | grandi /ɡʁɑ̃.di/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grandis /ɡʁɑ̃.di/ |
grandis /ɡʁɑ̃.di/ |
grandit /ɡʁɑ̃.di/ |
grandissons /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sɔ̃/ |
grandissez /ɡʁɑ̃.di.se/ |
grandissent /ɡʁɑ̃.dis/ |
| imperfect | grandissais /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sɛ/ |
grandissais /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sɛ/ |
grandissait /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sɛ/ |
grandissions /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
grandissiez /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sje/ |
grandissaient /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | grandis /ɡʁɑ̃.di/ |
grandis /ɡʁɑ̃.di/ |
grandit /ɡʁɑ̃.di/ |
grandîmes /ɡʁɑ̃.dim/ |
grandîtes /ɡʁɑ̃.dit/ |
grandirent /ɡʁɑ̃.diʁ/ |
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| future | grandirai /ɡʁɑ̃.di.ʁe/ |
grandiras /ɡʁɑ̃.di.ʁa/ |
grandira /ɡʁɑ̃.di.ʁa/ |
grandirons /ɡʁɑ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
grandirez /ɡʁɑ̃.di.ʁe/ |
grandiront /ɡʁɑ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | grandirais /ɡʁɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/ |
grandirais /ɡʁɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/ |
grandirait /ɡʁɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/ |
grandirions /ɡʁɑ̃.di.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grandiriez /ɡʁɑ̃.di.ʁje/ |
grandiraient /ɡʁɑ̃.di.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 | grandisse /ɡʁɑ̃.dis/ |
grandisses /ɡʁɑ̃.dis/ |
grandisse /ɡʁɑ̃.dis/ |
grandissions /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
grandissiez /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sje/ |
grandissent /ɡʁɑ̃.dis/ |
| imperfect1 |
grandisse /ɡʁɑ̃.dis/ |
grandisses /ɡʁɑ̃.dis/ |
grandît /ɡʁɑ̃.di/ |
grandissions /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
grandissiez /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sje/ |
grandissent /ɡʁɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | grandis /ɡʁɑ̃.di/ |
— | grandissons /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sɔ̃/ |
grandissez /ɡʁɑ̃.di.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- grand
- grandissant
- grandissement