attiser — French conjugation
to stir up
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | attise | I stir up |
| tu | attises | you stir up |
| il/elle | attise | he/she/it stirs up |
| nous | attisons | we stir up |
| vous | attisez | you (pl.) stir up |
| ils/elles | attisent | they stir up |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | attisai | I stirred up |
| tu | attisas | you stirred up |
| il/elle | attisa | he/she/it stirred up |
| nous | attisâmes | we stirred up |
| vous | attisâtes | you (pl.) stirred up |
| ils/elles | attisèrent | they stirred up |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | attisais |
| tu | attisais |
| il/elle | attisait |
| nous | attisions |
| vous | attisiez |
| ils/elles | attisaient |
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 ?
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | attiserais | I would stir up |
| tu | attiserais | you would stir up |
| il/elle | attiserait | he/she/it would stir up |
| nous | attiserions | we would stir up |
| vous | attiseriez | you (pl.) would stir up |
| ils/elles | attiseraient | they would stir up |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | attiserai | I will stir up |
| tu | attiseras | you will stir up |
| il/elle | attisera | he/she/it will stir up |
| nous | attiserons | we will stir up |
| vous | attiserez | you (pl.) will stir up |
| ils/elles | attiseront | they will stir up |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'ai attisé | I have stirred up |
| tu | tu as attisé | you have stirred up |
| il/elle | il/elle a attisé | he/she/it has stirred up |
| nous | nous avons attisé | we have stirred up |
| vous | vous avez attisé | you (pl.) have stirred up |
| ils/elles | ils/elles ont attisé | they have stirred up |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'avais attisé | I had stirred up |
| tu | tu avais attisé | you had stirred up |
| il/elle | il/elle avait attisé | he/she/it had stirred up |
| nous | nous avions attisé | we had stirred up |
| vous | vous aviez attisé | you (pl.) had stirred up |
| ils/elles | ils/elles avaient attisé | they had stirred up |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | j'aurais attisé |
| tu | tu aurais attisé |
| il/elle | il/elle aurait attisé |
| nous | nous aurions attisé |
| vous | vous auriez attisé |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auraient attisé |
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.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'aurai attisé | I will have stirred up |
| tu | tu auras attisé | you will have stirred up |
| il/elle | il/elle aura attisé | he/she/it will have stirred up |
| nous | nous aurons attisé | we will have stirred up |
| vous | vous aurez attisé | you (pl.) will have stirred up |
| ils/elles | ils/elles auront attisé | they will have stirred up |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | attise |
| tu | attises |
| il/elle | attise |
| nous | attisions |
| vous | attisiez |
| ils/elles | attisent |
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.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | attisasse |
| tu | attisasses |
| il/elle | attisât |
| nous | attisassions |
| vous | attisassiez |
| ils/elles | attisassent |
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 !
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| tu | attise |
| nous | attisons |
| vous | attisez |