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lettrer
lettrer
French
Verb
lettrer
- (transitive, archaic) to send a letter (to someone)
- (transitive) to educate, to teach to read and write
Conjugation
Conjugation of lettrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | lettrer | avoir lettré | |||||
| gerund | en lettrant | en ayant lettré | |||||
| present participle | lettrant /lɛ.tʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | lettré /lɛ.tʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | lettre /lɛtʁ/ |
lettres /lɛtʁ/ |
lettre /lɛtʁ/ |
lettrons /lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
lettrez /lɛ.tʁe/ |
lettrent /lɛtʁ/ |
| imperfect | lettrais /lɛ.tʁɛ/ |
lettrais /lɛ.tʁɛ/ |
lettrait /lɛ.tʁɛ/ |
lettrions /lɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
lettriez /lɛ.tʁi.je/ |
lettraient /lɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | lettrai /lɛ.tʁe/ |
lettras /lɛ.tʁa/ |
lettra /lɛ.tʁa/ |
lettrâmes /lɛ.tʁam/ |
lettrâtes /lɛ.tʁat/ |
lettrèrent /lɛ.tʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | lettrerai /lɛ.tʁə.ʁe/ |
lettreras /lɛ.tʁə.ʁa/ |
lettrera /lɛ.tʁə.ʁa/ |
lettrerons /lɛ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
lettrerez /lɛ.tʁə.ʁe/ |
lettreront /lɛ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | lettrerais /lɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
lettrerais /lɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
lettrerait /lɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
lettrerions /lɛ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
lettreriez /lɛ.tʁə.ʁje/ |
lettreraient /lɛ.tʁə.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 | lettre /lɛtʁ/ |
lettres /lɛtʁ/ |
lettre /lɛtʁ/ |
lettrions /lɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
lettriez /lɛ.tʁi.je/ |
lettrent /lɛtʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
lettrasse /lɛ.tʁas/ |
lettrasses /lɛ.tʁas/ |
lettrât /lɛ.tʁa/ |
lettrassions /lɛ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
lettrassiez /lɛ.tʁa.sje/ |
lettrassent /lɛ.tʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | lettre /lɛtʁ/ |
— | lettrons /lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
lettrez /lɛ.tʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||