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confier
confier
French
Verb
confier
- to confide
- Il confie son secret à son ami.
- He confides his secret to his friend.
- Il confie son secret à son ami.
- to entrust
- Il lui confie cette tâche.
- He entrusts that task to him/her.
- Il lui confie cette tâche.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of confier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | confier | avoir confié | |||||
| gerund | en confiant | en ayant confié | |||||
| present participle | confiant /kɔ̃.fjɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | confié /kɔ̃.fje/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | confie /kɔ̃.fi/ |
confies /kɔ̃.fi/ |
confie /kɔ̃.fi/ |
confions /kɔ̃.fjɔ̃/ |
confiez /kɔ̃.fje/ |
confient /kɔ̃.fi/ |
| imperfect | confiais /kɔ̃.fjɛ/ |
confiais /kɔ̃.fjɛ/ |
confiait /kɔ̃.fjɛ/ |
confiions /kɔ̃.fi.jɔ̃/ |
confiiez /kɔ̃.fi.je/ |
confiaient /kɔ̃.fjɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | confiai /kɔ̃.fje/ |
confias /kɔ̃.fja/ |
confia /kɔ̃.fja/ |
confiâmes /kɔ̃.fjam/ |
confiâtes /kɔ̃.fjat/ |
confièrent /kɔ̃.fjɛʁ/ |
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| future | confierai /kɔ̃.fi.ʁe/ |
confieras /kɔ̃.fi.ʁa/ |
confiera /kɔ̃.fi.ʁa/ |
confierons /kɔ̃.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
confierez /kɔ̃.fi.ʁe/ |
confieront /kɔ̃.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | confierais /kɔ̃.fi.ʁɛ/ |
confierais /kɔ̃.fi.ʁɛ/ |
confierait /kɔ̃.fi.ʁɛ/ |
confierions /kɔ̃.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
confieriez /kɔ̃.fi.ʁje/ |
confieraient /kɔ̃.fi.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 | confie /kɔ̃.fi/ |
confies /kɔ̃.fi/ |
confie /kɔ̃.fi/ |
confiions /kɔ̃.fi.jɔ̃/ |
confiiez /kɔ̃.fi.je/ |
confient /kɔ̃.fi/ |
| imperfect1 |
confiasse /kɔ̃.fjas/ |
confiasses /kɔ̃.fjas/ |
confiât /kɔ̃.fja/ |
confiassions /kɔ̃.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
confiassiez /kɔ̃.fja.sje/ |
confiassent /kɔ̃.fjas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | confie /kɔ̃.fi/ |
— | confions /kɔ̃.fjɔ̃/ |
confiez /kɔ̃.fje/ |
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