largir
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Verb edit
largir
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 largir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | largir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | largissant /laʁ.ʒi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | largi /laʁ.ʒi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | largis /laʁ.ʒi/ |
largis /laʁ.ʒi/ |
largit /laʁ.ʒi/ |
largissons /laʁ.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
largissez /laʁ.ʒi.se/ |
largissent /laʁ.ʒis/ |
| imperfect | largissais /laʁ.ʒi.sɛ/ |
largissais /laʁ.ʒi.sɛ/ |
largissait /laʁ.ʒi.sɛ/ |
largissions /laʁ.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
largissiez /laʁ.ʒi.sje/ |
largissaient /laʁ.ʒi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | largis /laʁ.ʒi/ |
largis /laʁ.ʒi/ |
largit /laʁ.ʒi/ |
largîmes /laʁ.ʒim/ |
largîtes /laʁ.ʒit/ |
largirent /laʁ.ʒiʁ/ | |
| future | largirai /laʁ.ʒi.ʁe/ |
largiras /laʁ.ʒi.ʁa/ |
largira /laʁ.ʒi.ʁa/ |
largirons /laʁ.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
largirez /laʁ.ʒi.ʁe/ |
largiront /laʁ.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | largirais /laʁ.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
largirais /laʁ.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
largirait /laʁ.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
largirions /laʁ.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
largiriez /laʁ.ʒi.ʁje/ |
largiraient /laʁ.ʒi.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 | largisse /laʁ.ʒis/ |
largisses /laʁ.ʒis/ |
largisse /laʁ.ʒis/ |
largissions /laʁ.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
largissiez /laʁ.ʒi.sje/ |
largissent /laʁ.ʒis/ |
| imperfect2 | largisse /laʁ.ʒis/ |
largisses /laʁ.ʒis/ |
largît /laʁ.ʒi/ |
largissions /laʁ.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
largissiez /laʁ.ʒi.sje/ |
largissent /laʁ.ʒis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | largis /laʁ.ʒi/ |
— | largissons /laʁ.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
largissez /laʁ.ʒi.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). | |||||||