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Conjugation of the French verb étendre

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

étendre is a regular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
étendre	to spread

Present		Scored
j'étends	I spread
tu étends	you spread
il étend	he spreads
elle étend	she spreads
nous étendons	we spread
vous étendez	you spread
ils étendent	they spread
elles étendent	they spread

Imperfect		Scored
j'étendais	I was spreading
tu étendais	you were spreading
il étendait	he was spreading
elle étendait	she was spreading
nous étendions	we were spreading
vous étendiez	you were spreading
ils étendaient	they were spreading
elles étendaient	they were spreading

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'étendis	I spread
tu étendis	you spread
il étendit	he spread
elle étendit	she spread
nous étendîmes	we spread
vous étendîtes	you spread
ils étendirent	they spread
elles étendirent	they spread

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

Future		Scored
j'étendrai	I will spread
tu étendras	you will spread
il étendra	he will spread
elle étendra	she will spread
nous étendrons	we will spread
vous étendrez	you will spread
ils étendront	they will spread
elles étendront	they will spread

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

Conditional		Scored
j'étendrais	I would spread
tu étendrais	you would spread
il étendrait	he would spread
elle étendrait	she would spread
nous étendrions	we would spread
vous étendriez	you would spread
ils étendraient	they would spread
elles étendraient	they would spread

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'étende	(... that) I spread
(... que) tu étendes	(... that) you spread
(... que) il étende	(... that) he spreads
(... que) elle étende	(... that) she spreads
(... que) nous étendions	(... that) we spread
(... que) vous étendiez	(... that) you spread
(... que) ils étendent	(... that) they spread
(... que) elles étendent	(... that) they spread

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'étendisse	(... that) I was spreading
(... que) tu étendisses	(... that) you were spreading
(... que) il étendît	(... that) he was spreading
(... que) elle étendît	(... that) she was spreading
(... que) nous étendissions	(... that) we were spreading
(... que) vous étendissiez	(... that) you were spreading
(... que) ils étendissent	(... that) they were spreading
(... que) elles étendissent	(... that) they were spreading

Imperative		Scored
étends	Spread
étendons	Let's spread
étendez	Spread

Present Participle		Scored
étendant	spreading

Past Participle		Scored
étendu	spread

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