Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb attendre

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb attendre, along with their English translations.

attendre is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
j'attendis	I waited
tu attendis	you waited
il attendit	he waited
elle attendit	she waited
nous attendîmes	we waited
vous attendîtes	you waited
ils attendirent	they waited
elles attendirent	they waited

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