Sunday, May 24, 2020
Conjugate the French Verb Entendre (to understand)
  Entendreà  is aà  regular -re verbà  that follows distinct, predictable conjugation patterns. All -erà  verbs share the same conjugationà  patterns in all tenses and moods.         Generally speaking, there are five major categories of verbs in French: regular -er, -ir, -re; stem-changing; and irregular. The smallest category of regular French verbs isà  -re verbs.          Entendreà  Is a Regular er Verb      To useà  -re verbs, remove theà  -re ending from the infinitive, and youre left with the stem.à  Conjugate the verb by adding the -re endings shown in the table below to the verb stem. The same applies to entendre.         Note that the conjugation table below includes only simple conjugations. It does not include compound conjugations, which consistà  of a form of the auxiliary verb avoir and the past participle entendu.          The Most Common -er Verbs      Theseà  are the most common regular -re verbs:         attendreà  Ã  to wait (for)dà ©fendreà  Ã  to defenddescendreà  Ã  to descendentendreà  Ã  to hearà ©tendreà  Ã  to stretchfondreà  Ã  to meltpendreà  Ã  to hang, suspendperdreà  Ã  to loseprà ©tendreà  Ã  to claimrendreà  Ã  to give back, returnrà ©pandreà  Ã  to spread, scatterrà ©pondreà  Ã  to answervendreà  Ã  to sell          Entendre:à  Meaningsà        The most common meaning of the French verbà  entendreà  is to hear, but it can also mean:à           to listen toto intend (to do something)to meanto understand (formal)         In the pronominal form, sentendreà  means:         reflexive: to hear oneself (speak, think)reciprocal: to agree, to get alongidiomatic: to be heard/audible, to be used          Entendre: Expressionsà        Entendre is used in many idiomatic expressions. Learn how to hear about, intend to, attend mass and more with expressions usingà  entendre.         entendre parler de...  to hear (someone talking) about...à  entendre dire que...à  Ã  to hear (it said) that...entendre la messe à  to hear / attend massentendre raison à  to listen to reasonentendre mal (de loreille gauche/droite)à  Ã  to not hear well (with ones left/right ear)entendre les tà ©moinsà  (law)à  Ã  to hear the witnessesà   lentendre,à  Ã   tentendre,à  Ã   vous entendre à  to hear him/her talk, to hear you talkà   qui veut entendre à  to anyone who will listendonner à   entendre (à   quelquun) que... à  to give (someone) to understand / the impression that...faire entendre raison à   à  to make someone see sense / reasonfaire entendre sa voix à  to make oneself heardfaire entendre un son à  to make a soundse faire entendre (dans un dà ©bat) à  to make oneself heard (in a debate)laisser entendre (à   quelquun) que...à   à  to give (someone) to understand / the impression that...Ce quil faut entendre tout de mà ªmeà  ! (informal) à  The    things people say!Entendez-vous par là   que... ? à  Do you mean / Are you trying to say that... ?Faites comme vous lentendez. à  Do whatà  you think is best.Il / Elle nentend pas la plaisanterie. (old-fashioned) à  He / She cant take a joke.Il / Elle nentend rien à  ... à  He / She doesnt know the first thing about...Il / Elle ne lentend pas de cette oreille. à  He / She wont accept that.Il / Elle ne veut rien entendre. à  He / She just wont listen, doesnt want to hear itIl / Elle ny entend pas malice. à  He / She means no harm by it.Il / Elle va mentendre ! à  Im going to give him / her a piece of my mind!Jai dà ©jà   entendu pire ! à  Ive heard worse!Je nentends pas cà ©der. à  I have no intention of giving in.Je vous entends. à  I understand, I see what you mean.On entendrait voler une mouche. à  You could hear a pin drop.Quentendez-vous par là   ? à  What do you mean by that?à  Quest-ce que jetends ? à  What did you say? Did I hear you correctly?... tu en   tends ! à  ... you hear me?!sentendre à   (faire quelque chose)à  (formal) à  to be very good at (doing something)sentendre à   merveille à  to get along very wellsentendre comme larrons en foire à  to be thick as thieves (to be very close, get along extremely well)sy entendre pour (faire quelque chose) à  to be very good at (doing something)cela sentend à  naturally, of courseEntendons-nous bien. à  Lets be very clear about this.Il faudrait sentendre ! à  Make up your mind!Je my entends ! Il sy entendà  ! etc. à  I know what Im doing! He knows what hes doing!Tu ne tentends pas ! à  You dont know what youre saying!          Simple Conjugations of the Regular French -re Verb Entendre                          Present  Future  Imperfect  Present participle      j  entends  entendrai  entendais  entendant      tu  entends  entendras  entendais        il  entend  entendra  entendait        nous  entendons  entendrons  entendions        vous  entendez  entendrez  entendiez        ils  entendent  entendront  entendaient                             Pass compos         Auxiliary verb   avoir      Past participle  entendu                                   Subjunctive  Conditional  Pass simple  Imperfect subjunctive      j  entende  entendrais  entendis  entendisse      tu  entendes  entendrais  entendis  entendisses      il  entende  entendrait  entendit  entendt      nous  entendions  entendrions  entendmes  entendissions      vous  entendiez  entendriez  entendtes  entendissiez      ils  entendent  entendraient  entendirent  entendissent                           Imperative        (tu)  entends      (nous)   entendons      (vous)  entendez    
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