attraire
French
Verb
attraire
- (obsolete) To attract (be attractive)
- (obsolete, law) To sue
Conjugation
This verb traditionally has no past historic or imperfect subjunctive. They would be formed on a -attray- root: *je attrayis, *que nous attrayissions etc. Forms using the ‘a’ endings of verbs in -er are now used when there is an unavoidable need to use these forms. The root -attrais- was used instead of -attray- in the 18th century, and remains in Swiss and Savoy dialects.
Conjugation of attraire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | attraire | avoir attrait | |||||
| gerund | en attrayant | en ayant attrait | |||||
| present participle | attrayant /a.tʁɛ.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | attrait /a.tʁɛ/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | attrais /a.tʁɛ/ |
attrais /a.tʁɛ/ |
attrait /a.tʁɛ/ |
attrayons /a.tʁɛ.jɔ̃/ |
attrayez /a.tʁɛ.je/ |
attraient /a.tʁɛ/ |
| imperfect | attrayais /a.tʁɛ.jɛ/ |
attrayais /a.tʁɛ.jɛ/ |
attrayait /a.tʁɛ.jɛ/ |
attrayions /a.tʁɛj.jɔ̃/ |
attrayiez /a.tʁɛj.je/ |
attrayaient /a.tʁɛ.jɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | attrayai /a.tʁɛ.je/ |
attrayas /a.tʁɛ.ja/ |
attraya /a.tʁɛ.ja/ |
attrayâmes /a.tʁɛ.jam/ |
attrayâtes /a.tʁɛ.jat/ |
attrayèrent /a.tʁɛ.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | attrairai /a.tʁɛ.ʁe/ |
attrairas /a.tʁɛ.ʁa/ |
attraira /a.tʁɛ.ʁa/ |
attrairons /a.tʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
attrairez /a.tʁɛ.ʁe/ |
attrairont /a.tʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | attrairais /a.tʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
attrairais /a.tʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
attrairait /a.tʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
attrairions /a.tʁɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
attrairiez /a.tʁɛ.ʁje/ |
attrairaient /a.tʁɛ.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | attraie /a.tʁɛ/ |
attraies /a.tʁɛ/ |
attraie /a.tʁɛ/ |
attrayions /a.tʁɛj.jɔ̃/ |
attrayiez /a.tʁɛj.je/ |
attraient /a.tʁɛ/ |
| imperfect1 | attrayasse /a.tʁɛ.jas/ |
attrayasses /a.tʁɛ.jas/ |
attrayât /a.tʁɛ.ja/ |
attrayassions /a.tʁɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
attrayassiez /a.tʁɛ.ja.sje/ |
attrayassent /a.tʁɛ.jas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | attrais /a.tʁɛ/ |
— | attrayons /a.tʁɛ.jɔ̃/ |
attrayez /a.tʁɛ.je/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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