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candir
candir
French
Verb
candir
- (intransitive) to crystallize
- (transitive) to cover with crystallized sugar
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 candir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | candir | avoir candi | |||||
| gerund | en candissant | en ayant candi | |||||
| present participle | candissant /kɑ̃.di.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | candi /kɑ̃.di/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | candis /kɑ̃.di/ |
candis /kɑ̃.di/ |
candit /kɑ̃.di/ |
candissons /kɑ̃.di.sɔ̃/ |
candissez /kɑ̃.di.se/ |
candissent /kɑ̃.dis/ |
| imperfect | candissais /kɑ̃.di.sɛ/ |
candissais /kɑ̃.di.sɛ/ |
candissait /kɑ̃.di.sɛ/ |
candissions /kɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
candissiez /kɑ̃.di.sje/ |
candissaient /kɑ̃.di.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | candis /kɑ̃.di/ |
candis /kɑ̃.di/ |
candit /kɑ̃.di/ |
candîmes /kɑ̃.dim/ |
candîtes /kɑ̃.dit/ |
candirent /kɑ̃.diʁ/ |
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| future | candirai /kɑ̃.di.ʁe/ |
candiras /kɑ̃.di.ʁa/ |
candira /kɑ̃.di.ʁa/ |
candirons /kɑ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
candirez /kɑ̃.di.ʁe/ |
candiront /kɑ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | candirais /kɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/ |
candirais /kɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/ |
candirait /kɑ̃.di.ʁɛ/ |
candirions /kɑ̃.di.ʁjɔ̃/ |
candiriez /kɑ̃.di.ʁje/ |
candiraient /kɑ̃.di.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 | candisse /kɑ̃.dis/ |
candisses /kɑ̃.dis/ |
candisse /kɑ̃.dis/ |
candissions /kɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
candissiez /kɑ̃.di.sje/ |
candissent /kɑ̃.dis/ |
| imperfect1 |
candisse /kɑ̃.dis/ |
candisses /kɑ̃.dis/ |
candît /kɑ̃.di/ |
candissions /kɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
candissiez /kɑ̃.di.sje/ |
candissent /kɑ̃.dis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | candis /kɑ̃.di/ |
— | candissons /kɑ̃.di.sɔ̃/ |
candissez /kɑ̃.di.se/ |
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