Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Conjugate the French Verb Entendre (to understand)
Conjugate the French Verb Entendre (to understand) Entendreà is aà regular -re verbà that follows distinct, predictable conjugation patterns. All -erà verbs share the same conjugationà patterns in all tenses and moods. Generally speaking, there are five major categories of verbs in French: regular -er, -ir, -re; stem-changing; and irregular. The smallest category of regular French verbs isà -re verbs. Entendreà Is a Regular er Verb To useà -re verbs, remove theà -re ending from the infinitive, and youre left with the stem.à Conjugate the verb by adding the -re endings shown in the table below to the verb stem. The same applies to entendre. Note that the conjugation table below includes only simple conjugations. It does not include compound conjugations, which consistà of a form of the auxiliary verb avoir and the past participle entendu. The Most Common -er Verbs Theseà are the most common regular -re verbs: attendreà à to wait (for)dà ©fendreà à to defenddescendreà à to descendentendreà à to hearà ©tendreà à to stretchfondreà à to meltpendreà à to hang, suspendperdreà à to loseprà ©tendreà à to claimrendreà à to give back, returnrà ©pandreà à to spread, scatterrà ©pondreà à to answervendreà à to sell Entendre:à Meaningsà The most common meaning of the French verbà entendreà is to hear, but it can also mean:à to listen toto intend (to do something)to meanto understand (formal) In the pronominal form, sentendreà means: reflexive: to hear oneself (speak, think)reciprocal: to agree, to get alongidiomatic: to be heard/audible, to be used Entendre: Expressionsà Entendre is used in many idiomatic expressions. Learn how to hear about, intend to, attend mass and more with expressions usingà entendre. entendre parler de... to hear (someone talking) about...à entendre dire que...à à to hear (it said) that...entendre la messe à to hear / attend massentendre raison à to listen to reasonentendre mal (de loreille gauche/droite)à à to not hear well (with ones left/right ear)entendre les tà ©moinsà (law)à à to hear the witnesses lentendre,à tentendre,à vous entendre à to hear him/her talk, to hear you talk qui veut entendre à to anyone who will listendonner entendre ( quelquun) que... à to give (someone) to understand / the impression that...faire entendre raison à to make someone see sense / reasonfaire entendre sa voix à to make oneself heardfaire entendre un son à to make a soundse faire entendre (dans un dà ©bat) à to make oneself heard (in a debate)laisser entendre ( quelquun) que...à à to give (someone) to understand / the impression that...Ce quil faut entendre tout de mà ªmeà ! (informal) à The things people say!Entendez-vous par l que... ? à Do you mean / Are you trying to say that... ? Faites comme vous lentendez. à Do whatà you think is best.Il / Elle nentend pas la plaisanterie. (old-fashioned) à He / She cant take a joke.Il / Elle nentend rien ... à He / She doesnt know the first thing about...Il / Elle ne lentend pas de cette oreille. à He / She wont accept that.Il / Elle ne veut rien entendre. à He / She just wont listen, doesnt want to hear itIl / Elle ny entend pas malice. à He / She means no harm by it.Il / Elle va mentendre ! à Im going to give him / her a piece of my mind!Jai dà ©j entendu pire ! à Ive heard worse!Je nentends pas cà ©der. à I have no intention of giving in.Je vous entends. à I understand, I see what you mean.On entendrait voler une mouche. à You could hear a pin drop.Quentendez-vous par l ? à What do you mean by that?à Quest-ce que jetends ? à What did you say? Did I hear you correctly?... tu entends ! à ... you hear me?!sentendre (faire quelque chose)à (formal) à to be very good at (doing something) sentendre merveille à to get along very well sentendre comme larrons en foire à to be thick as thieves (to be very close, get along extremely well)sy entendre pour (faire quelque chose) à to be very good at (doing something)cela sentend à naturally, of courseEntendons-nous bien. à Lets be very clear about this.Il faudrait sentendre ! à Make up your mind!Je my entends ! Il sy entendà ! etc. à I know what Im doing! He knows what hes doing!Tu ne tentends pas ! à You dont know what youre saying! Simple Conjugations of the Regular French -re Verb Entendre Present Future Imperfect Present participle j entends entendrai entendais entendant tu entends entendras entendais il entend entendra entendait nous entendons entendrons entendions vous entendez entendrez entendiez ils entendent entendront entendaient Pass compos Auxiliary verb avoir Past participle entendu Subjunctive Conditional Pass simple Imperfect subjunctive j entende entendrais entendis entendisse tu entendes entendrais entendis entendisses il entende entendrait entendit entendt nous entendions entendrions entendmes entendissions vous entendiez entendriez entendtes entendissiez ils entendent entendraient entendirent entendissent Imperative (tu) entends (nous) entendons (vous) entendez
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