abasourdir — French conjugation

to stun

Frequency#1408Regular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Regular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeabasourdisI stun
tuabasourdisyou stun
il/elleabasourdithe/she/it stuns
nousabasourdissonswe stun
vousabasourdissezyou (pl.) stun
ils/ellesabasourdissentthey stun

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeabasourdisI stunned
tuabasourdisyou stunned
il/elleabasourdithe/she/it stunned
nousabasourdîmeswe stunned
vousabasourdîtesyou (pl.) stunned
ils/ellesabasourdirentthey stunned

Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jeabasourdissais
tuabasourdissais
il/elleabasourdissait
nousabasourdissions
vousabasourdissiez
ils/ellesabasourdissaient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeabasourdiraisI would stun
tuabasourdiraisyou would stun
il/elleabasourdiraithe/she/it would stun
nousabasourdirionswe would stun
vousabasourdiriezyou (pl.) would stun
ils/ellesabasourdiraientthey would stun

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeabasourdiraiI will stun
tuabasourdirasyou will stun
il/elleabasourdirahe/she/it will stun
nousabasourdironswe will stun
vousabasourdirezyou (pl.) will stun
ils/ellesabasourdirontthey will stun

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai abasourdiI have stunned
tutu as abasourdiyou have stunned
il/elleil/elle a abasourdihe/she/it has stunned
nousnous avons abasourdiwe have stunned
vousvous avez abasourdiyou (pl.) have stunned
ils/ellesils/elles ont abasourdithey have stunned

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais abasourdiI had stunned
tutu avais abasourdiyou had stunned
il/elleil/elle avait abasourdihe/she/it had stunned
nousnous avions abasourdiwe had stunned
vousvous aviez abasourdiyou (pl.) had stunned
ils/ellesils/elles avaient abasourdithey had stunned

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais abasourdi
tutu aurais abasourdi
il/elleil/elle aurait abasourdi
nousnous aurions abasourdi
vousvous auriez abasourdi
ils/ellesils/elles auraient abasourdi

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai abasourdiI will have stunned
tutu auras abasourdiyou will have stunned
il/elleil/elle aura abasourdihe/she/it will have stunned
nousnous aurons abasourdiwe will have stunned
vousvous aurez abasourdiyou (pl.) will have stunned
ils/ellesils/elles auront abasourdithey will have stunned

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jeabasourdisse
tuabasourdisses
il/elleabasourdisse
nousabasourdissions
vousabasourdissiez
ils/ellesabasourdissent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jeabasourdisse
tuabasourdisses
il/elleabasourdît
nousabasourdissions
vousabasourdissiez
ils/ellesabasourdissent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tuabasourdis
nousabasourdissons
vousabasourdissez