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Conjugation of the French verb languir

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb languir, along with their English translations.

languir is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
languir	to pine

Present		Scored
je languis	I pine
tu languis	you pine
il languit	he pines
elle languit	she pines
nous languissons	we pine
vous languissez	you pine
ils languissent	they pine
elles languissent	they pine

Imperfect		Scored
je languissais	I was pining
tu languissais	you were pining
il languissait	he was pining
elle languissait	she was pining
nous languissions	we were pining
vous languissiez	you were pining
ils languissaient	they were pining
elles languissaient	they were pining

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
je languis	I pined
tu languis	you pined
il languit	he pined
elle languit	she pined
nous languîmes	we pined
vous languîtes	you pined
ils languirent	they pined
elles languirent	they pined

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai langui	I have pined
tu as langui	you have pined
il a langui	he has pined
elle a langui	she has pined
nous avons langui	we have pined
vous avez langui	you have pined
ils ont langui	they have pined
elles ont langui	they have pined

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais langui	I had pined
tu avais langui	you had pined
il avait langui	he had pined
elle avait langui	she had pined
nous avions langui	we had pined
vous aviez langui	you had pined
ils avaient langui	they had pined
elles avaient langui	they had pined

Future		Scored
je languirai	I will pine
tu languiras	you will pine
il languira	he will pine
elle languira	she will pine
nous languirons	we will pine
vous languirez	you will pine
ils languiront	they will pine
elles languiront	they will pine

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai langui	I will have pined
tu auras langui	you will have pined
il aura langui	he will have pined
elle aura langui	she will have pined
nous aurons langui	we will have pined
vous aurez langui	you will have pined
ils auront langui	they will have pined
elles auront langui	they will have pined

Conditional		Scored
je languirais	I would pine
tu languirais	you would pine
il languirait	he would pine
elle languirait	she would pine
nous languirions	we would pine
vous languiriez	you would pine
ils languiraient	they would pine
elles languiraient	they would pine

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais langui	I would have pined
tu aurais langui	you would have pined
il aurait langui	he would have pined
elle aurait langui	she would have pined
nous aurions langui	we would have pined
vous auriez langui	you would have pined
ils auraient langui	they would have pined
elles auraient langui	they would have pined

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je languisse	(... that) I pine
(... que) tu languisses	(... that) you pine
(... que) il languisse	(... that) he pines
(... que) elle languisse	(... that) she pines
(... que) nous languissions	(... that) we pine
(... que) vous languissiez	(... that) you pine
(... que) ils languissent	(... that) they pine
(... que) elles languissent	(... that) they pine

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je languisse	(... that) I was pining
(... que) tu languisses	(... that) you were pining
(... que) il languît	(... that) he was pining
(... que) elle languît	(... that) she was pining
(... que) nous languissions	(... that) we were pining
(... que) vous languissiez	(... that) you were pining
(... que) ils languissent	(... that) they were pining
(... que) elles languissent	(... that) they were pining

Imperative		Scored
languis	Pine
languissons	Let's pine
languissez	Pine

Present Participle		Scored
languissant	pining

Past Participle		Scored
langui	pined

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