Friday, January 3, 2020
How is Confondre (to Confuse) Conjugated in French
Similar to the English word confound, the French verbà confondre means to confuse. When you want to say confused or confusing, the verb must be conjugated and this lesson will show you how to do that. Conjugating the French Verbà Confondre Confondreà is aà regular -RE verbà and it follows a particular pattern in the conjugations. This same pattern is found in similar verbs likeà pedreà (to lose) andà descendreà (to descend). You can take what you learn in this lesson and apply the same infinitive endings to learn the other verbs. The stem ofà confondreà isà confond-, so we simply need to attach the proper ending to make it conform to the past, present, or future tense. For instance, the subject pronounà jeà in the present tense adds an -sà to formà je confonds, meaning I confuse. Likewise, theà nousà future tense for -reà verbs always adds -ronsà to the stem: we will confuse isà nous confondrons. Subject Present Future Imperfect je confonds confondrai confondais tu confonds confondras confondais il confond confondra confondait nous confondons confondrons confondions vous confondez confondrez confondiez ils confondent confondront confondaient The Present Participle ofà Confondre Addà -antà to the stem ofà confondreà to form theà present participleà confondant. This is a verb, of course, and can be used as an adjective, gerund, or noun when necessary. The Past Participle and Passà © Composà © To form the common past tense ofà passà © composà ©Ã in French, we useà confondresà past participleà ofà confondu.à We also need to conjugate theà auxiliary verbà avoirà and use the subject pronoun.à For example, I confused is jai confondu and we confused isà nous avons confondu. More Simpleà Confondreà Conjugations In less frequent instances, you may need to use one of the following verb forms ofà confondre. The subjunctive and conditional are verb moods that are used when the action is questionable. The passà © composà © and imperfect subjunctive are primarily found in formal writing. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je confonde confondrais confondis confondisse tu confondes confondrais confondis confondisses il confonde confondrait confondit confondt nous confondions confondrions confondmes confondissions vous confondiez confondriez confondtes confondissiez ils confondent confondraient confondirent confondissent For exclamations, use the imperative form ofà confondre. When doing so, you can skip the subject pronoun. Rather than tu confonds, use confonds on its own. Imperative (tu) confonds (nous) confondons (vous) confondez
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