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retendre
retendre
See also: retendré
French
Verb
retendre
Conjugation
Conjugation of retendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | retendre | avoir retendu | |||||
| gerund | en retendant | en ayant retendu | |||||
| present participle | retendant /ʁə.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | retendu /ʁə.tɑ̃.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 | retends /ʁə.tɑ̃/ |
retends /ʁə.tɑ̃/ |
retend /ʁə.tɑ̃/ |
retendons /ʁə.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
retendez /ʁə.tɑ̃.de/ |
retendent /ʁə.tɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | retendais /ʁə.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
retendais /ʁə.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
retendait /ʁə.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
retendions /ʁə.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
retendiez /ʁə.tɑ̃.dje/ |
retendaient /ʁə.tɑ̃.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | retendis /ʁə.tɑ̃.di/ |
retendis /ʁə.tɑ̃.di/ |
retendit /ʁə.tɑ̃.di/ |
retendîmes /ʁə.tɑ̃.dim/ |
retendîtes /ʁə.tɑ̃.dit/ |
retendirent /ʁə.tɑ̃.diʁ/ |
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| future | retendrai /ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁe/ |
retendras /ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁa/ |
retendra /ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁa/ |
retendrons /ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
retendrez /ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁe/ |
retendront /ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | retendrais /ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
retendrais /ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
retendrait /ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
retendrions /ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
retendriez /ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
retendraient /ʁə.tɑ̃.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 | retende /ʁə.tɑ̃d/ |
retendes /ʁə.tɑ̃d/ |
retende /ʁə.tɑ̃d/ |
retendions /ʁə.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
retendiez /ʁə.tɑ̃.dje/ |
retendent /ʁə.tɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect1 |
retendisse /ʁə.tɑ̃.dis/ |
retendisses /ʁə.tɑ̃.dis/ |
retendît /ʁə.tɑ̃.di/ |
retendissions /ʁə.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
retendissiez /ʁə.tɑ̃.di.sje/ |
retendissent /ʁə.tɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | retends /ʁə.tɑ̃/ |
— | retendons /ʁə.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
retendez /ʁə.tɑ̃.de/ |
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