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mollir
mollir
French
Verb
mollir
- (intransitive) to mollify, become soft
- (intransitive) to ease off or die down; to relent, abate, give way
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 mollir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | mollir | avoir molli | |||||
| gerund | en mollissant | en ayant molli | |||||
| present participle | mollissant /mɔ.li.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | molli /mɔ.li/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mollis /mɔ.li/ |
mollis /mɔ.li/ |
mollit /mɔ.li/ |
mollissons /mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ |
mollissez /mɔ.li.se/ |
mollissent /mɔ.lis/ |
| imperfect | mollissais /mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
mollissais /mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
mollissait /mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
mollissions /mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
mollissiez /mɔ.li.sje/ |
mollissaient /mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | mollis /mɔ.li/ |
mollis /mɔ.li/ |
mollit /mɔ.li/ |
mollîmes /mɔ.lim/ |
mollîtes /mɔ.lit/ |
mollirent /mɔ.liʁ/ |
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| future | mollirai /mɔ.li.ʁe/ |
molliras /mɔ.li.ʁa/ |
mollira /mɔ.li.ʁa/ |
mollirons /mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
mollirez /mɔ.li.ʁe/ |
molliront /mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | mollirais /mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
mollirais /mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
mollirait /mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
mollirions /mɔ.li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
molliriez /mɔ.li.ʁje/ |
molliraient /mɔ.li.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 | mollisse /mɔ.lis/ |
mollisses /mɔ.lis/ |
mollisse /mɔ.lis/ |
mollissions /mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
mollissiez /mɔ.li.sje/ |
mollissent /mɔ.lis/ |
| imperfect1 |
mollisse /mɔ.lis/ |
mollisses /mɔ.lis/ |
mollît /mɔ.li/ |
mollissions /mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
mollissiez /mɔ.li.sje/ |
mollissent /mɔ.lis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | mollis /mɔ.li/ |
— | mollissons /mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ |
mollissez /mɔ.li.se/ |
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Related terms
Interlingua
Verb
mollir
- to soften
Conjugation
Conjugation of “mollir”
| Nominal forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | mollir | ||
| Presente | Perfect | ||
| Participles | molliente | mollite | |
| Personal forms | |||
| Simple | Perfect | ||
| Active voice | Present | molli | ha mollite |
| Past | molliva | habeva mollite | |
| Future | mollira | habera mollite | |
| Conditional | mollirea | haberea mollite | |
| Imperative | molli | -- | |
| Passive voice | Present | es mollite | ha essite mollite |
| Past | esseva mollite | habeva essite mollite | |
| Future | essera mollite | habera essite mollite | |
| Conditional | esserea mollite | haberea essite mollite | |
| Imperative | sia mollite | -- | |