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bistrer
bistrer
French
Verb
bistrer
- to darken, blacken
 - to be mesmerized
 
Conjugation
  Conjugation of bistrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bistrer | avoir bistré | |||||
| gerund | en bistrant | en ayant bistré | |||||
| present participle |  bistrant /bis.tʁɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  bistré /bis.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 |  bistre /bistʁ/  | 
 bistres /bistʁ/  | 
 bistre /bistʁ/  | 
 bistrons /bis.tʁɔ̃/  | 
 bistrez /bis.tʁe/  | 
 bistrent /bistʁ/  | 
| imperfect |  bistrais /bis.tʁɛ/  | 
 bistrais /bis.tʁɛ/  | 
 bistrait /bis.tʁɛ/  | 
 bistrions /bis.tʁi.jɔ̃/  | 
 bistriez /bis.tʁi.je/  | 
 bistraient /bis.tʁɛ/  | 
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| past historic1 |  bistrai /bis.tʁe/  | 
bistras /bis.tʁa/  | 
bistra /bis.tʁa/  | 
bistrâmes /bis.tʁam/  | 
bistrâtes /bis.tʁat/  | 
bistrèrent /bis.tʁɛʁ/  | 
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| future |  bistrerai /bis.tʁə.ʁe/  | 
 bistreras /bis.tʁə.ʁa/  | 
 bistrera /bis.tʁə.ʁa/  | 
 bistrerons /bis.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/  | 
 bistrerez /bis.tʁə.ʁe/  | 
 bistreront /bis.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/  | 
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| conditional |  bistrerais /bis.tʁə.ʁɛ/  | 
 bistrerais /bis.tʁə.ʁɛ/  | 
 bistrerait /bis.tʁə.ʁɛ/  | 
 bistrerions /bis.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
 bistreriez /bis.tʁə.ʁje/  | 
 bistreraient /bis.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 |  bistre /bistʁ/  | 
 bistres /bistʁ/  | 
 bistre /bistʁ/  | 
 bistrions /bis.tʁi.jɔ̃/  | 
 bistriez /bis.tʁi.je/  | 
 bistrent /bistʁ/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
bistrasse /bis.tʁas/  | 
bistrasses /bis.tʁas/  | 
bistrât /bis.tʁa/  | 
bistrassions /bis.tʁa.sjɔ̃/  | 
bistrassiez /bis.tʁa.sje/  | 
bistrassent /bis.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 | – | |
| — |  bistre /bistʁ/  | 
— |  bistrons /bis.tʁɔ̃/  | 
 bistrez /bis.tʁe/  | 
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