amenuir
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amenuir
Conjugation edit
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 amenuir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | amenuir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | amenuissant /a.mə.nɥi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | amenui /a.mə.nɥi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | amenuis /a.mə.nɥi/ |
amenuis /a.mə.nɥi/ |
amenuit /a.mə.nɥi/ |
amenuissons /a.mə.nɥi.sɔ̃/ |
amenuissez /a.mə.nɥi.se/ |
amenuissent /a.mə.nɥis/ |
| imperfect | amenuissais /a.mə.nɥi.sɛ/ |
amenuissais /a.mə.nɥi.sɛ/ |
amenuissait /a.mə.nɥi.sɛ/ |
amenuissions /a.mə.nɥi.sjɔ̃/ |
amenuissiez /a.mə.nɥi.sje/ |
amenuissaient /a.mə.nɥi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | amenuis /a.mə.nɥi/ |
amenuis /a.mə.nɥi/ |
amenuit /a.mə.nɥi/ |
amenuîmes /a.mə.nɥim/ |
amenuîtes /a.mə.nɥit/ |
amenuirent /a.mə.nɥiʁ/ | |
| future | amenuirai /a.mə.nɥi.ʁe/ |
amenuiras /a.mə.nɥi.ʁa/ |
amenuira /a.mə.nɥi.ʁa/ |
amenuirons /a.mə.nɥi.ʁɔ̃/ |
amenuirez /a.mə.nɥi.ʁe/ |
amenuiront /a.mə.nɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | amenuirais /a.mə.nɥi.ʁɛ/ |
amenuirais /a.mə.nɥi.ʁɛ/ |
amenuirait /a.mə.nɥi.ʁɛ/ |
amenuirions /a.mə.nɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amenuiriez /a.mə.nɥi.ʁje/ |
amenuiraient /a.mə.nɥi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | amenuisse /a.mə.nɥis/ |
amenuisses /a.mə.nɥis/ |
amenuisse /a.mə.nɥis/ |
amenuissions /a.mə.nɥi.sjɔ̃/ |
amenuissiez /a.mə.nɥi.sje/ |
amenuissent /a.mə.nɥis/ |
| imperfect2 | amenuisse /a.mə.nɥis/ |
amenuisses /a.mə.nɥis/ |
amenuît /a.mə.nɥi/ |
amenuissions /a.mə.nɥi.sjɔ̃/ |
amenuissiez /a.mə.nɥi.sje/ |
amenuissent /a.mə.nɥis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | amenuis /a.mə.nɥi/ |
— | amenuissons /a.mə.nɥi.sɔ̃/ |
amenuissez /a.mə.nɥi.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||