amollir
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-.
infinitive | simple | amollir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | amollissant /a.mɔ.li.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | amolli /a.mɔ.li/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollit /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollissons /a.mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ |
amollissez /a.mɔ.li.se/ |
amollissent /a.mɔ.lis/ |
imperfect | amollissais /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
amollissais /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
amollissait /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
amollissions /a.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
amollissiez /a.mɔ.li.sje/ |
amollissaient /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollit /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollîmes /a.mɔ.lim/ |
amollîtes /a.mɔ.lit/ |
amollirent /a.mɔ.liʁ/ | |
future | amollirai /a.mɔ.li.ʁe/ |
amolliras /a.mɔ.li.ʁa/ |
amollira /a.mɔ.li.ʁa/ |
amollirons /a.mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
amollirez /a.mɔ.li.ʁe/ |
amolliront /a.mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | amollirais /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
amollirais /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
amollirait /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
amollirions /a.mɔ.li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amolliriez /a.mɔ.li.ʁje/ |
amolliraient /a.mɔ.li.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 | amollisse /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollisses /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollisse /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollissions /a.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
amollissiez /a.mɔ.li.sje/ |
amollissent /a.mɔ.lis/ |
imperfect2 | amollisse /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollisses /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollît /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollissions /a.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
amollissiez /a.mɔ.li.sje/ |
amollissent /a.mɔ.lis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
— | amollissons /a.mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ |
amollissez /a.mɔ.li.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |