plaindre
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
plaindre
[edit] Conjugation
- This verb is conjugated like peindre. It uses the same endings as rendre or vendre, but its -nd- becomes -gn- before a vowel, and its past participle ends in ‘t’ instead of a vowel.
Conjugation of plaindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | plaindre | avoir plaint | |||||
| gerund | en plaignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | plaignant | ||||||
| past participle | plaint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | plains | plains | plaint | plaignons | plaignez | plaignent |
| imperfect | plaignais | plaignais | plaignait | plaignions | plaigniez | plaignaient | |
| past historic | plaignis | plaignis | plaignit | plaignîmes | plaignîtes | plaignirent | |
| future | plaindrai | plaindras | plaindra | plaindrons | plaindrez | plaindront | |
| conditional | plaindrais | plaindrais | plaindrait | plaindrions | plaindriez | plaindraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | plaigne | plaignes | plaigne | plaignions | plaigniez | plaignent |
| imperfect | plaignisse | plaignisses | plaignît | plaignissions | plaignissiez | plaignissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | plains | — | plaignons | plaignez | — | ||