s'attrister — French conjugation

to grow sad (s'attrister de)

RegularReflexiveattrister → s'attrister

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.

PronounFrench
jem'attriste
tut'attristes
il/elles'attriste
nousnous attristons
vousvous attristez
ils/elless'attristent

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.

PronounFrench
jem'attristai
tut'attristas
il/elles'attrista
nousnous attristâmes
vousvous attristâtes
ils/elless'attristèrent

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
jem'attristais
tut'attristais
il/elles'attristait
nousnous attristions
vousvous attristiez
ils/elless'attristaient

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 ?

PronounFrench
jem'attristerais
tut'attristerais
il/elles'attristerait
nousnous attristerions
vousvous attristeriez
ils/elless'attristeraient

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.

PronounFrench
jem'attristerai
tut'attristeras
il/elles'attristera
nousnous attristerons
vousvous attristerez
ils/elless'attristeront

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
jem'attriste
tut'attristes
il/elles'attriste
nousnous attristions
vousvous attristiez
ils/elless'attristent

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
jem'attristasse
tut'attristasses
il/elles'attristât
nousnous attristassions
vousvous attristassiez
ils/elless'attristassent