Alourdir Definition
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French
Verb
alourdir
- (transitive) To weigh down
- To pile up (of e.g. problems, to get worse)
Conjugation
- This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | alourdir | avoir or être alourdi | |||||
| gerund | en alourdissant | Use the gerund of avoir or être followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | alourdissant | ||||||
| past participle | alourdi | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | alourdis | alourdis | alourdit | alourdissons | alourdissez | alourdissent |
| imperfect | alourdissais | alourdissais | alourdissait | alourdissions | alourdissiez | alourdissaient | |
| past historic | alourdis | alourdis | alourdit | alourdîmes | alourdîtes | alourdirent | |
| future | alourdirai | alourdiras | alourdira | alourdirons | alourdirez | alourdiront | |
| conditional | alourdirais | alourdirais | alourdirait | alourdirions | alourdiriez | alourdiraient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses | present | alourdisse | alourdisses | alourdisse | alourdissions | alourdissiez | alourdissent |
| imperfect | alourdisse | alourdisses | alourdît | alourdissions | alourdissiez | alourdissent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | alourdis | — | alourdissons | alourdissez | — | ||
Related terms
Category: French verbs
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