French verb attendre

The tables below show the conjugation of the French verb attendre in the various simple and compound tenses.

See below for notes on the conjugation of attendre

PresentPerfect

j'attends
tuattends
il/elleattend
nousattendons
vousattendez
ils/ellesattendent

j'ai attendu
tuas attendu
il/ellea attendu
nousavons attendu
vousavez attendu
ils/ellesont attendu

ImperfectPluperfect

j'attendais
tuattendais
il/elleattendait
nousattendions
vousattendiez
ils/ellesattendaient

j'avais attendu
tuavais attendu
il/elleavait attendu
nousavions attendu
vousaviez attendu
ils/ellesavaient attendu

FutureFuture-perfect

j'attendrai
tuattendras
il/elleattendra
nousattendrons
vousattendrez
ils/ellesattendront

j'aurai attendu
tuauras attendu
il/elleaura attendu
nousaurons attendu
vousaurez attendu
ils/ellesauront attendu

ConditionalConditional perfect

j'attendrais
tuattendrais
il/elleattendrait
nousattendrions
vousattendriez
ils/ellesattendraient

j'aurais attendu
tuaurais attendu
il/elleaurait attendu
nousaurions attendu
vousauriez attendu
ils/ellesauraient attendu

Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

j'attende
tuattendes
il/elleattende
nousattendions
vousattendiez
ils/ellesattendent

j'aie attendu
tuaies attendu
il/elleait attendu
nousayons attendu
vousayez attendu
ils/ellesaient attendu

This is the so-called regular -re pattern according to the categories used in many English-speaking analyses of French. (Many French-speaking analyses don't actually make a distinction between this pattern and other "irregular verb" patterns.) Characteristic features of this pattern include:

  • in practise, the infinitive always ends in -endre, -andre, -ondre, -erdre or -ordre;
  • past participles ending in -u;
  • the [d] consonant is pronounced in all forms of the verb except the singular present tense forms, which sound like the infinitive minus the final -dre.


Check out our reviews of the following French conjugation guides:  Barron's 501 French Verbs Bescherelle La Conjugaison pour tous


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