Friday, March 13, 2020
Peak Your Interest in Conjugating Intéresser
Peak Your Interest in Conjugating Intà ©resser To interest in French is the verb intà ©resser. Its relatively easy to remember, now you just need to know how to conjugate it. This will allow you to say interested or have interest, as well as other common forms of the verb. Conjugating the French Verb Intà ©resser Intà ©resser is a regular -ER verb, which makes the conjugations easier to learn. Thats because this is a very common verb pattern. If youve learned to conjugate words like cuisiner (to cook) or donner (to give), youll recognize the endings for intà ©resser. The key to any conjugation is to recognize the verb stem. In the case of intà ©resser, that is intà ©ress-. To this, we add a variety of infinitive endings to match both the subject pronoun and the tense of the sentence. For instance, I have interest is jintà ©resse and we will be interested is nous intà ©resserons. Subject Present Future Imperfect j intresse intresserai intressais tu intresses intresseras intressais il intresse intressera intressait nous intressons intresserons intressions vous intressez intresserez intressiez ils intressent intresseront intressaient The Present Participle of Intà ©resser Useful as an adjective, gerund, or noun as well as a verb, the present participle of intà ©resser is intà ©ressant. This is formed by adding -ant to the verb stem and is the standard way to form the participle. The Past Participle and Passà © Composà © The past participle intà ©ressà ©Ã‚ is required to form the past tense passà © composà ©. To complete it, you must also conjugate the auxiliary verb avoir and use the subject pronoun. For example, I was interested is jai intà ©ressà © and we were interested becomes nous avons intà ©ressà ©. More Simple Intà ©resser Conjugations to Know Beyond those simple conjugations, there are a few more forms of intà ©resser that you may need at times. The subjunctive verb mood, for instance, implies that the verbs action is questionable and not guaranteed. Similarly, when the action is dependent on something, the conditional verb mood is useful. If you read some French, its likely that you will encounter the passà © simple. Both it and the imperfect subjunctive are literary tenses and are good to know or, at least, be able to recognize. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive j intresse intresserais intressai intressasse tu intresses intresserais intressas intressasses il intresse intresserait intressa intresst nous intressions intresserions intressmes intressassions vous intressiez intresseriez intresstes intressassiez ils intressent intresseraient intressrent intressassent For short and often assertive commands and requests, use the imperative verb form. When doing so, skip the subject pronoun. Rather than sayin tu intà ©resse, you can simplify it to intà ©resse. Imperative (tu) intresse (nous) intressons (vous) intressez
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