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tendre: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je tends tu tends il/elle tend nous tendons vous tendez ils/elles tendent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai tendu tu as tendu il/elle a tendu nous avons tendu vous avez tendu ils/elles ont tendu Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je tendais tu tendais il/elle tendait nous tendions vous tendiez ils/elles tendaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais tendu tu avais tendu il/elle avait tendu nous avions tendu vous aviez tendu ils/elles avaient tendu Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je tendrai tu tendras il/elle tendra nous tendrons vous tendrez ils/elles tendront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai tendu tu auras tendu il/elle aura tendu nous aurons tendu vous aurez tendu ils/elles auront tendu Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je tendrais tu tendrais il/elle tendrait nous tendrions vous tendriez ils/elles tendraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais tendu tu aurais tendu il/elle aurait tendu nous aurions tendu vous auriez tendu ils/elles auraient tendu Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je tende tu tendes il/elle tende nous tendions vous tendiez ils/elles tendent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie tendu tu aies tendu il/elle ait tendu nous ayons tendu vous ayez tendu ils/elles aient tendu Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je tendis tu tendis il/elle tendit nous tendîmes vous tendîtes ils/elles tendirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus tendu tu eus tendu il/elle eut tendu nous eûmes tendu vous eûtes tendu ils/elles eurent tendu 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.