assombrir
French
editEtymology
editFrom sombre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editassombrir
- to darken, make gloomy
Conjugation
editThis 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 assombrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | assombrir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | assombrissant /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | assombri /a.sɔ̃.bʁi/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | assombris /a.sɔ̃.bʁi/ |
assombris /a.sɔ̃.bʁi/ |
assombrit /a.sɔ̃.bʁi/ |
assombrissons /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sɔ̃/ |
assombrissez /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.se/ |
assombrissent /a.sɔ̃.bʁis/ |
imperfect | assombrissais /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sɛ/ |
assombrissais /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sɛ/ |
assombrissait /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sɛ/ |
assombrissions /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
assombrissiez /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sje/ |
assombrissaient /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | assombris /a.sɔ̃.bʁi/ |
assombris /a.sɔ̃.bʁi/ |
assombrit /a.sɔ̃.bʁi/ |
assombrîmes /a.sɔ̃.bʁim/ |
assombrîtes /a.sɔ̃.bʁit/ |
assombrirent /a.sɔ̃.bʁiʁ/ | |
future | assombrirai /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.ʁe/ |
assombriras /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.ʁa/ |
assombrira /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.ʁa/ |
assombrirons /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
assombrirez /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.ʁe/ |
assombriront /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | assombrirais /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.ʁɛ/ |
assombrirais /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.ʁɛ/ |
assombrirait /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.ʁɛ/ |
assombririons /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
assombririez /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.ʁje/ |
assombriraient /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.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 | assombrisse /a.sɔ̃.bʁis/ |
assombrisses /a.sɔ̃.bʁis/ |
assombrisse /a.sɔ̃.bʁis/ |
assombrissions /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
assombrissiez /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sje/ |
assombrissent /a.sɔ̃.bʁis/ |
imperfect2 | assombrisse /a.sɔ̃.bʁis/ |
assombrisses /a.sɔ̃.bʁis/ |
assombrît /a.sɔ̃.bʁi/ |
assombrissions /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
assombrissiez /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sje/ |
assombrissent /a.sɔ̃.bʁis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | assombris /a.sɔ̃.bʁi/ |
— | assombrissons /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.sɔ̃/ |
assombrissez /a.sɔ̃.bʁi.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). |
Further reading
edit- “assombrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.