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alourdir
alourdir
French
Verb
alourdir
- (transitive) To weigh down
- to pile up (of e.g. problems, to get worse)
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of alourdir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | alourdir | avoir alourdi | |||||
| gerund | en alourdissant | en ayant alourdi | |||||
| present participle | alourdissant /a.luʁ.di.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | alourdi /a.luʁ.di/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | alourdis /a.luʁ.di/ |
alourdis /a.luʁ.di/ |
alourdit /a.luʁ.di/ |
alourdissons /a.luʁ.di.sɔ̃/ |
alourdissez /a.luʁ.di.se/ |
alourdissent /a.luʁ.dis/ |
| imperfect | alourdissais /a.luʁ.di.sɛ/ |
alourdissais /a.luʁ.di.sɛ/ |
alourdissait /a.luʁ.di.sɛ/ |
alourdissions /a.luʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
alourdissiez /a.luʁ.di.sje/ |
alourdissaient /a.luʁ.di.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | alourdis /a.luʁ.di/ |
alourdis /a.luʁ.di/ |
alourdit /a.luʁ.di/ |
alourdîmes /a.luʁ.dim/ |
alourdîtes /a.luʁ.dit/ |
alourdirent /a.luʁ.diʁ/ |
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| future | alourdirai /a.luʁ.di.ʁe/ |
alourdiras /a.luʁ.di.ʁa/ |
alourdira /a.luʁ.di.ʁa/ |
alourdirons /a.luʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
alourdirez /a.luʁ.di.ʁe/ |
alourdiront /a.luʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | alourdirais /a.luʁ.di.ʁɛ/ |
alourdirais /a.luʁ.di.ʁɛ/ |
alourdirait /a.luʁ.di.ʁɛ/ |
alourdirions /a.luʁ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ |
alourdiriez /a.luʁ.di.ʁje/ |
alourdiraient /a.luʁ.di.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | alourdisse /a.luʁ.dis/ |
alourdisses /a.luʁ.dis/ |
alourdisse /a.luʁ.dis/ |
alourdissions /a.luʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
alourdissiez /a.luʁ.di.sje/ |
alourdissent /a.luʁ.dis/ |
| imperfect1 |
alourdisse /a.luʁ.dis/ |
alourdisses /a.luʁ.dis/ |
alourdît /a.luʁ.di/ |
alourdissions /a.luʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ |
alourdissiez /a.luʁ.di.sje/ |
alourdissent /a.luʁ.dis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | alourdis /a.luʁ.di/ |
— | alourdissons /a.luʁ.di.sɔ̃/ |
alourdissez /a.luʁ.di.se/ |
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