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attendre: Conjugation

The attendre conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb attendre according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of attendre, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of attendre at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
j' attends tu attends il/elle attend nous attendons vous attendez ils/elles attendent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai attendu tu as attendu il/elle a attendu nous avons attendu vous avez attendu ils/elles ont attendu Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' attendais tu attendais il/elle attendait nous attendions vous attendiez ils/elles attendaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais attendu tu avais attendu il/elle avait attendu nous avions attendu vous aviez attendu ils/elles avaient attendu Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' attendrai tu attendras il/elle attendra nous attendrons vous attendrez ils/elles attendront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai attendu tu auras attendu il/elle aura attendu nous aurons attendu vous aurez attendu ils/elles auront attendu Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' attendrais tu attendrais il/elle attendrait nous attendrions vous attendriez ils/elles attendraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais attendu tu aurais attendu il/elle aurait attendu nous aurions attendu vous auriez attendu ils/elles auraient attendu Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' attende tu attendes il/elle attende nous attendions vous attendiez ils/elles attendent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie attendu tu aies attendu il/elle ait attendu nous ayons attendu vous ayez attendu ils/elles aient attendu Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' attendis tu attendis il/elle attendit nous attendîmes vous attendîtes ils/elles attendirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus attendu tu eus attendu il/elle eut attendu nous eûmes attendu vous eûtes attendu ils/elles eurent attendu Pronounce these verb forms

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.