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pendre
pendre
French
Verb
pendre
- (transitive, intransitive) to hang
- (intransitive) to sag, droop
Conjugation
Conjugation of pendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | pendre | avoir pendu | |||||
| gerund | en pendant | en ayant pendu | |||||
| present participle | pendant /pɑ̃.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | pendu /pɑ̃.dy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pends /pɑ̃/ |
pends /pɑ̃/ |
pend /pɑ̃/ |
pendons /pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
pendez /pɑ̃.de/ |
pendent /pɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | pendais /pɑ̃.dɛ/ |
pendais /pɑ̃.dɛ/ |
pendait /pɑ̃.dɛ/ |
pendions /pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
pendiez /pɑ̃.dje/ |
pendaient /pɑ̃.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | pendis /pɑ̃.di/ |
pendis /pɑ̃.di/ |
pendit /pɑ̃.di/ |
pendîmes /pɑ̃.dim/ |
pendîtes /pɑ̃.dit/ |
pendirent /pɑ̃.diʁ/ |
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| future | pendrai /pɑ̃.dʁe/ |
pendras /pɑ̃.dʁa/ |
pendra /pɑ̃.dʁa/ |
pendrons /pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
pendrez /pɑ̃.dʁe/ |
pendront /pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | pendrais /pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
pendrais /pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
pendrait /pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
pendrions /pɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
pendriez /pɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
pendraient /pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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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 | pende /pɑ̃d/ |
pendes /pɑ̃d/ |
pende /pɑ̃d/ |
pendions /pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
pendiez /pɑ̃.dje/ |
pendent /pɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect1 |
pendisse /pɑ̃.dis/ |
pendisses /pɑ̃.dis/ |
pendît /pɑ̃.di/ |
pendissions /pɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
pendissiez /pɑ̃.di.sje/ |
pendissent /pɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | pends /pɑ̃/ |
— | pendons /pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
pendez /pɑ̃.de/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Old French
Alternative forms
- pandre
- penre
Etymology
From Late Latin pendĕre (conjugation confused with or altered by pendere (“to suspend, hang”)) for Latin pendēre, present active infinitive pendeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pãn.drə/
Verb
pendre
- (transitive, intransitive) to hang
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of pendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pendre | avoir pendu | |||||
| gerund | en pendant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | pendant | ||||||
| past participle | pendu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pent | penz | pent | pendons | pendez | pendent |
| imperfect | pendoie, pendeie | pendoies, pendeies | pendoit, pendeit | pendiiens, pendiens | pendiiez, pendiez | pendoient, pendeient | |
| preterite | pendi | pendis | pendié | pendimes | pendistes | pendierent | |
| future | pendrai | pendras | pendra | pendrons | pendroiz, pendreiz, pendrez | pendront | |
| conditional | pendroie, pendreie | pendroies, pendreies | pendroit, pendreit | pendriiens, pendriens | pendriiez, pendriez | pendroient, pendreient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | pende | pendes | pende | pendons | pendez | pendent |
| imperfect | pendisse | pendisses | pendist | pendissons, pendissiens | pendissoiz, pendissez, pendissiez | pendissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | pent | — | pendons | pendez | — | ||