Sunday, October 20, 2019
Endormir French Verb Conjugations to Know
Endormir French Verb Conjugations to Know The action of falling asleep or going to bed can be described with the French verbà endormir. Literally to put to sleep or to send to sleep,à endormirà is a form ofà dormirà (to sleep). In order to say this in the past, present, or future tense, a verb conjugation is required. This one is a bit of a challenge, but if you study it along withà dormir, it will be just a little easier. Conjugating the French Verbà Endormir Endormirà is anà irregular verb, so it doesnt follow any of the most common verb conjugation patterns found in French. However, it is not entirely alone because most French verbs ending inà -mir,à -tir, orà -virà are conjugated with the same endings. That said, the conjugations ofà endormirà are not terribly difficult or abnormal. First, we must identify the verb stem, which isà endor-. Then we can begin to add the infinitive endings that pair the tense with the appropriate subject pronoun. For instance, adding an -sà in the present tenseà jeà creates jendors, meanings I am putting to sleep or, less literally, I am going to bed. Likewise, when we add the ending -mirons, we create theà nousà future tense nous endormirons, or we will put to sleep. Admittedly, conjugating the English to put to sleep is not simple and some interpretation in the translation is required. Subject Present Future Imperfect j endors endormirai endormais tu endors endormiras endormais il endort endormira endormait nous endormons endormirons endormions vous endormez endormirez endormiez ils endorment endormiront endormaient The Present Participle ofà Endormir When you add -antà to the verb stem ofà endormir, theà present participleà endormantà is formed. This can be an adjective, gerund, or noun as well as a verb. The Past Participle and Passà © Composà © The past tense can also be formed with theà passà © composà ©. To construct this, begin by conjugating theà auxiliary verbà avoirà to fit the subject pronoun, then attach theà past participleà endormi. For example, I went to sleep is jai endormi while we went to sleep is nous avons endormi. More Simpleà Endormirà Conjugations At first, its recommended to focus on the conjugations above because theyre the most useful and common. Once you have those committed to memory, study these other simple forms ofà endormir. When there is no guarantee to the verbs action, the subjunctive verb mood may be used. In a similar manner, if the action will only happen if something else takes place, the conditional verb mood is employed. In formal writing, the passà © simple and the imperfect subjunctive are used. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive j endorme endormirais endormis endormisse tu endormes endormirais endormis endormisses il endorme endormirait endormit endormt nous endormions endormirions endormmes endormissions vous endormiez endormiriez endormtes endormissiez ils endorment endormiraient endormirent endormissent The imperative verb form is used for commands and direct requests. These are short statements and the subject pronoun is not required: use endors rather than tu endors. Imperative (tu) endors (nous) endormons (vous) endormez
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