sous-tendre

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French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.tɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

sous-tendre

  1. (transitive) to underlie; to form the basis of
  2. (geometry) to subtend

Conjugation

Conjugation of sous-tendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple sous-tendre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sous-tendant
/su.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle sous-tendu
/su.tɑ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sous-tends
/su.tɑ̃/ 		sous-tends
/su.tɑ̃/ 		sous-tend
/su.tɑ̃/ 		sous-tendons
/su.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		sous-tendez
/su.tɑ̃.de/ 		sous-tendent
/su.tɑ̃d/
imperfect sous-tendais
/su.tɑ̃.dɛ/ 		sous-tendais
/su.tɑ̃.dɛ/ 		sous-tendait
/su.tɑ̃.dɛ/ 		sous-tendions
/su.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		sous-tendiez
/su.tɑ̃.dje/ 		sous-tendaient
/su.tɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 sous-tendis
/su.tɑ̃.di/ 		sous-tendis
/su.tɑ̃.di/ 		sous-tendit
/su.tɑ̃.di/ 		sous-tendîmes
/su.tɑ̃.dim/ 		sous-tendîtes
/su.tɑ̃.dit/ 		sous-tendirent
/su.tɑ̃.diʁ/
future sous-tendrai
/su.tɑ̃.dʁe/ 		sous-tendras
/su.tɑ̃.dʁa/ 		sous-tendra
/su.tɑ̃.dʁa/ 		sous-tendrons
/su.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		sous-tendrez
/su.tɑ̃.dʁe/ 		sous-tendront
/su.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional sous-tendrais
/su.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		sous-tendrais
/su.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		sous-tendrait
/su.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		sous-tendrions
/su.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		sous-tendriez
/su.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/ 		sous-tendraient
/su.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(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 sous-tende
/su.tɑ̃d/ 		sous-tendes
/su.tɑ̃d/ 		sous-tende
/su.tɑ̃d/ 		sous-tendions
/su.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		sous-tendiez
/su.tɑ̃.dje/ 		sous-tendent
/su.tɑ̃d/
imperfect2 sous-tendisse
/su.tɑ̃.dis/ 		sous-tendisses
/su.tɑ̃.dis/ 		sous-tendît
/su.tɑ̃.di/ 		sous-tendissions
/su.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		sous-tendissiez
/su.tɑ̃.di.sje/ 		sous-tendissent
/su.tɑ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sous-tends
/su.tɑ̃/ 		— sous-tendons
/su.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		sous-tendez
/su.tɑ̃.de/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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