sous-entendre
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[edit] Etymology
[edit] Verb
sous-entendre
- to imply
[edit] Conjugation
- This verb is one of a fairly large group of -re verbs, sometimes called the regular -re verbs (-endre, -ondre, -andre, -erdre and -ordre), that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include vendre and perdre.
Conjugation of sous-entendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sous-entendre | avoir sous-entendu | |||||
| gerund | en sous-entendant | en ayant sous-entendu | |||||
| present participle | sous-entendant | ||||||
| past participle | sous-entendu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | sous-entends | sous-entends | sous-entend | sous-entendons | sous-entendez | sous-entendent |
| imperfect | sous-entendais | sous-entendais | sous-entendait | sous-entendions | sous-entendiez | sous-entendaient | |
| past historic1 | sous-entendis | sous-entendis | sous-entendit | sous-entendîmes | sous-entendîtes | sous-entendirent | |
| future | sous-entendrai | sous-entendras | sous-entendra | sous-entendrons | sous-entendrez | sous-entendront | |
| conditional | sous-entendrais | sous-entendrais | sous-entendrait | sous-entendrions | sous-entendriez | sous-entendraient | |
| 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 anterior1 | 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 | sous-entende | sous-entendes | sous-entende | sous-entendions | sous-entendiez | sous-entendent |
| imperfect1 | sous-entendisse | sous-entendisses | sous-entendît | sous-entendissions | sous-entendissiez | sous-entendissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | sous-entends | — | sous-entendons | sous-entendez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||