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Conjugation of the French verb étreindre

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

étreindre is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
étreindre	to hug

Present		Scored
j'étreins	I hug
tu étreins	you hug
il étreint	he hugs
elle étreint	she hugs
nous étreignons	we hug
vous étreignez	you hug
ils étreignent	they hug
elles étreignent	they hug

Imperfect		Scored
j'étreignais	I was hugging
tu étreignais	you were hugging
il étreignait	he was hugging
elle étreignait	she was hugging
nous étreignions	we were hugging
vous étreigniez	you were hugging
ils étreignaient	they were hugging
elles étreignaient	they were hugging

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'étreignis	I hugged
tu étreignis	you hugged
il étreignit	he hugged
elle étreignit	she hugged
nous étreignîmes	we hugged
vous étreignîtes	you hugged
ils étreignirent	they hugged
elles étreignirent	they hugged

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

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

Future		Scored
j'étreindrai	I will hug
tu étreindras	you will hug
il étreindra	he will hug
elle étreindra	she will hug
nous étreindrons	we will hug
vous étreindrez	you will hug
ils étreindront	they will hug
elles étreindront	they will hug

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

Conditional		Scored
j'étreindrais	I would hug
tu étreindrais	you would hug
il étreindrait	he would hug
elle étreindrait	she would hug
nous étreindrions	we would hug
vous étreindriez	you would hug
ils étreindraient	they would hug
elles étreindraient	they would hug

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'étreigne	(... that) I hug
(... que) tu étreignes	(... that) you hug
(... que) il étreigne	(... that) he hugs
(... que) elle étreigne	(... that) she hugs
(... que) nous étreignions	(... that) we hug
(... que) vous étreigniez	(... that) you hug
(... que) ils étreignent	(... that) they hug
(... que) elles étreignent	(... that) they hug

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) j'étreignisse	(... that) I was hugging
(... que) tu étreignisses	(... that) you were hugging
(... que) il étreignît	(... that) he was hugging
(... que) elle étreignît	(... that) she was hugging
(... que) nous étreignissions	(... that) we were hugging
(... que) vous étreignissiez	(... that) you were hugging
(... que) ils étreignissent	(... that) they were hugging
(... que) elles étreignissent	(... that) they were hugging

Imperative		Scored
étreins	Hug
étreignons	Let's hug
étreignez	Hug

Present Participle		Scored
étreignant	hugging

Past Participle		Scored
étreint	hugged

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