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ramollir
ramollir
French
Verb
ramollir
- to soften, to mollify
- (figuratively) to weaken (one's will), to soften up (someone)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, se ramollir) to become soft, to soften
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, figuratively, of one's will) to weaken, to soften
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 ramollir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ramollir | avoir ramolli | |||||
| gerund | en ramollissant | en ayant ramolli | |||||
| present participle | ramollissant /ʁa.mɔ.li.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ramolli /ʁa.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 | ramollis /ʁa.mɔ.li/ |
ramollis /ʁa.mɔ.li/ |
ramollit /ʁa.mɔ.li/ |
ramollissons /ʁa.mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ |
ramollissez /ʁa.mɔ.li.se/ |
ramollissent /ʁa.mɔ.lis/ |
| imperfect | ramollissais /ʁa.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
ramollissais /ʁa.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
ramollissait /ʁa.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
ramollissions /ʁa.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
ramollissiez /ʁa.mɔ.li.sje/ |
ramollissaient /ʁa.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ramollis /ʁa.mɔ.li/ |
ramollis /ʁa.mɔ.li/ |
ramollit /ʁa.mɔ.li/ |
ramollîmes /ʁa.mɔ.lim/ |
ramollîtes /ʁa.mɔ.lit/ |
ramollirent /ʁa.mɔ.liʁ/ |
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| future | ramollirai /ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁe/ |
ramolliras /ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁa/ |
ramollira /ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁa/ |
ramollirons /ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
ramollirez /ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁe/ |
ramolliront /ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ramollirais /ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
ramollirais /ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
ramollirait /ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
ramollirions /ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ramolliriez /ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁje/ |
ramolliraient /ʁa.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 | ramollisse /ʁa.mɔ.lis/ |
ramollisses /ʁa.mɔ.lis/ |
ramollisse /ʁa.mɔ.lis/ |
ramollissions /ʁa.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
ramollissiez /ʁa.mɔ.li.sje/ |
ramollissent /ʁa.mɔ.lis/ |
| imperfect1 |
ramollisse /ʁa.mɔ.lis/ |
ramollisses /ʁa.mɔ.lis/ |
ramollît /ʁa.mɔ.li/ |
ramollissions /ʁa.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
ramollissiez /ʁa.mɔ.li.sje/ |
ramollissent /ʁa.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 | – | |
| — | ramollis /ʁa.mɔ.li/ |
— | ramollissons /ʁa.mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ |
ramollissez /ʁa.mɔ.li.se/ |
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