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Conjugation of the French verb tendre

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

tendre is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
tendre	to stretch

Present		Scored
je tends	I stretch
tu tends	you stretch
il tend	he stretches
elle tend	she stretches
nous tendons	we stretch
vous tendez	you stretch
ils tendent	they stretch
elles tendent	they stretch

Imperfect		Scored
je tendais	I was stretching
tu tendais	you were stretching
il tendait	he was stretching
elle tendait	she was stretching
nous tendions	we were stretching
vous tendiez	you were stretching
ils tendaient	they were stretching
elles tendaient	they were stretching

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 tendis	I stretched
tu tendis	you stretched
il tendit	he stretched
elle tendit	she stretched
nous tendîmes	we stretched
vous tendîtes	you stretched
ils tendirent	they stretched
elles tendirent	they stretched

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

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

Future		Scored
je tendrai	I will stretch
tu tendras	you will stretch
il tendra	he will stretch
elle tendra	she will stretch
nous tendrons	we will stretch
vous tendrez	you will stretch
ils tendront	they will stretch
elles tendront	they will stretch

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 tendu	I will have stretched
tu auras tendu	you will have stretched
il aura tendu	he will have stretched
elle aura tendu	she will have stretched
nous aurons tendu	we will have stretched
vous aurez tendu	you will have stretched
ils auront tendu	they will have stretched
elles auront tendu	they will have stretched

Conditional		Scored
je tendrais	I would stretch
tu tendrais	you would stretch
il tendrait	he would stretch
elle tendrait	she would stretch
nous tendrions	we would stretch
vous tendriez	you would stretch
ils tendraient	they would stretch
elles tendraient	they would stretch

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 tendu	I would have stretched
tu aurais tendu	you would have stretched
il aurait tendu	he would have stretched
elle aurait tendu	she would have stretched
nous aurions tendu	we would have stretched
vous auriez tendu	you would have stretched
ils auraient tendu	they would have stretched
elles auraient tendu	they would have stretched

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tende	(... that) I stretch
(... que) tu tendes	(... that) you stretch
(... que) il tende	(... that) he stretches
(... que) elle tende	(... that) she stretches
(... que) nous tendions	(... that) we stretch
(... que) vous tendiez	(... that) you stretch
(... que) ils tendent	(... that) they stretch
(... que) elles tendent	(... that) they stretch

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je tendisse	(... that) I was stretching
(... que) tu tendisses	(... that) you were stretching
(... que) il tendît	(... that) he was stretching
(... que) elle tendît	(... that) she was stretching
(... que) nous tendissions	(... that) we were stretching
(... que) vous tendissiez	(... that) you were stretching
(... que) ils tendissent	(... that) they were stretching
(... que) elles tendissent	(... that) they were stretching

Imperative		Scored
tends	Stretch
tendons	Let's stretch
tendez	Stretch

Present Participle		Scored
tendant	stretching

Past Participle		Scored
tendu	stretched

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