alanguir
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iʁ
Verb
alanguir
- to cause to become languid
- (reflexive, s'alanguir) to become languid
Conjugation
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 alanguir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | alanguir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | alanguissant /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | alangui /a.lɑ̃.ɡi/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | alanguis /a.lɑ̃.ɡi/ | alanguis /a.lɑ̃.ɡi/ | alanguit /a.lɑ̃.ɡi/ | alanguissons /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sɔ̃/ | alanguissez /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.se/ | alanguissent /a.lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
imperfect | alanguissais /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ | alanguissais /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ | alanguissait /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ | alanguissions /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sjɔ̃/ | alanguissiez /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sje/ | alanguissaient /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | alanguis /a.lɑ̃.ɡi/ | alanguis /a.lɑ̃.ɡi/ | alanguit /a.lɑ̃.ɡi/ | alanguîmes /a.lɑ̃.ɡim/ | alanguîtes /a.lɑ̃.ɡit/ | alanguirent /a.lɑ̃.ɡiʁ/ | |
future | alanguirai /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁe/ | alanguiras /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁa/ | alanguira /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁa/ | alanguirons /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɔ̃/ | alanguirez /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁe/ | alanguiront /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | alanguirais /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɛ/ | alanguirais /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɛ/ | alanguirait /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɛ/ | alanguirions /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁjɔ̃/ | alanguiriez /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁje/ | alanguiraient /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.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 | alanguisse /a.lɑ̃.ɡis/ | alanguisses /a.lɑ̃.ɡis/ | alanguisse /a.lɑ̃.ɡis/ | alanguissions /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sjɔ̃/ | alanguissiez /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sje/ | alanguissent /a.lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
imperfect2 | alanguisse /a.lɑ̃.ɡis/ | alanguisses /a.lɑ̃.ɡis/ | alanguît /a.lɑ̃.ɡi/ | alanguissions /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sjɔ̃/ | alanguissiez /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sje/ | alanguissent /a.lɑ̃.ɡis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | alanguis /a.lɑ̃.ɡi/ | — | alanguissons /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.sɔ̃/ | alanguissez /a.lɑ̃.ɡi.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
- “alanguir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.