resplendir — French conjugation

to shine

Frequency#297Regular

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
jeresplendisI shine
turesplendisyou shine
il/elleresplendithe/she/it shines
nousresplendissonswe shine
vousresplendissezyou (pl.) shine
ils/ellesresplendissentthey shine

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
jeresplendisI shone
turesplendisyou shone
il/elleresplendithe/she/it shone
nousresplendîmeswe shone
vousresplendîtesyou (pl.) shone
ils/ellesresplendirentthey shone

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
jeresplendissais
turesplendissais
il/elleresplendissait
nousresplendissions
vousresplendissiez
ils/ellesresplendissaient

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
jeresplendiraisI would shine
turesplendiraisyou would shine
il/elleresplendiraithe/she/it would shine
nousresplendirionswe would shine
vousresplendiriezyou (pl.) would shine
ils/ellesresplendiraientthey would shine

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
jeresplendiraiI will shine
turesplendirasyou will shine
il/elleresplendirahe/she/it will shine
nousresplendironswe will shine
vousresplendirezyou (pl.) will shine
ils/ellesresplendirontthey will shine

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 resplendiI have shone
tutu as resplendiyou have shone
il/elleil/elle a resplendihe/she/it has shone
nousnous avons resplendiwe have shone
vousvous avez resplendiyou (pl.) have shone
ils/ellesils/elles ont resplendithey have shone

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 resplendiI had shone
tutu avais resplendiyou had shone
il/elleil/elle avait resplendihe/she/it had shone
nousnous avions resplendiwe had shone
vousvous aviez resplendiyou (pl.) had shone
ils/ellesils/elles avaient resplendithey had shone

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 resplendi
tutu aurais resplendi
il/elleil/elle aurait resplendi
nousnous aurions resplendi
vousvous auriez resplendi
ils/ellesils/elles auraient resplendi

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 resplendiI will have shone
tutu auras resplendiyou will have shone
il/elleil/elle aura resplendihe/she/it will have shone
nousnous aurons resplendiwe will have shone
vousvous aurez resplendiyou (pl.) will have shone
ils/ellesils/elles auront resplendithey will have shone

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
jeresplendisse
turesplendisses
il/elleresplendisse
nousresplendissions
vousresplendissiez
ils/ellesresplendissent

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
jeresplendisse
turesplendisses
il/elleresplendît
nousresplendissions
vousresplendissiez
ils/ellesresplendissent

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
turesplendis
nousresplendissons
vousresplendissez