amollir
French
Etymology
a- + mollir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.mɔ.liʁ/
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Verb
amollir
- to soften
- Synonym: ameublir
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 amollir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “amollir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.