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languir
languir
French
Verb
languir
- (intransitive) to languish
- (intransitive) to lie torpid
- (intransitive) to flag, drag on
- (intransitive) to wither, weaken
- (reflexive, with de) to long, pine, or yearn (for)
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 languir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | languir | avoir langui | |||||
| gerund | en languissant | en ayant langui | |||||
| present participle | languissant /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | langui /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languit /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languissons /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɔ̃/ |
languissez /lɑ̃.ɡi.se/ |
languissent /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
| imperfect | languissais /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ |
languissais /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ |
languissait /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ |
languissions /lɑ̃.ɡi.sjɔ̃/ |
languissiez /lɑ̃.ɡi.sje/ |
languissaient /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languit /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languîmes /lɑ̃.ɡim/ |
languîtes /lɑ̃.ɡit/ |
languirent /lɑ̃.ɡiʁ/ |
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| future | languirai /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁe/ |
languiras /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁa/ |
languira /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁa/ |
languirons /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɔ̃/ |
languirez /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁe/ |
languiront /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | languirais /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɛ/ |
languirais /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɛ/ |
languirait /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁɛ/ |
languirions /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
languiriez /lɑ̃.ɡi.ʁje/ |
languiraient /lɑ̃.ɡi.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 | languisse /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languisses /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languisse /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languissions /lɑ̃.ɡi.sjɔ̃/ |
languissiez /lɑ̃.ɡi.sje/ |
languissent /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
| imperfect1 |
languisse /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languisses /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
languît /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
languissions /lɑ̃.ɡi.sjɔ̃/ |
languissiez /lɑ̃.ɡi.sje/ |
languissent /lɑ̃.ɡis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | languis /lɑ̃.ɡi/ |
— | languissons /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɔ̃/ |
languissez /lɑ̃.ɡi.se/ |
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