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attendrir
attendrir
French
Verb
attendrir
- to make softer or more tender; to soften
- (figuratively, of a person) to soften (up)
- (reflexive, s'attendrir) to soften up (become softer)
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 attendrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | attendrir | avoir attendri | |||||
| gerund | en attendrissant | en ayant attendri | |||||
| present participle | attendrissant /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | attendri /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendrit /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendrissons /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɔ̃/ |
attendrissez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.se/ |
attendrissent /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
| imperfect | attendrissais /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ/ |
attendrissais /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ/ |
attendrissait /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ/ |
attendrissions /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
attendrissiez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sje/ |
attendrissaient /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendrit /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendrîmes /a.tɑ̃.dʁim/ |
attendrîtes /a.tɑ̃.dʁit/ |
attendrirent /a.tɑ̃.dʁiʁ/ |
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| future | attendrirai /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁe/ |
attendriras /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁa/ |
attendrira /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁa/ |
attendrirons /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
attendrirez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁe/ |
attendriront /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | attendrirais /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/ |
attendrirais /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/ |
attendrirait /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/ |
attendririons /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
attendririez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁje/ |
attendriraient /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.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 | attendrisse /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
attendrisses /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
attendrisse /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
attendrissions /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
attendrissiez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sje/ |
attendrissent /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
| imperfect1 |
attendrisse /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
attendrisses /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
attendrît /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendrissions /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
attendrissiez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sje/ |
attendrissent /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
— | attendrissons /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɔ̃/ |
attendrissez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.se/ |
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