Friday, May 15, 2020
Simple Conjugations for the French Verb Baigner
In French,à baignerà means to bathe someone else. Its used in a different context thanà laverà (to wash)à andà mouillerà (to wet, drench). For instance, you would useà baigner le chien when you want to say to bathe the dog. This is a rather useful verb to learn and conjugating it to the present, past, and future tenses is relatively easy. The following lesson will guide you through the many forms ofà baigner. Conjugating the French Verbà Baigner First of all, the pronunciation ofà baignerà is not [bag-ner] as the GN creates a softer sound. You can hear ità inà champagneà andà uneà baignoireà (bathtub). Once you get the pronunciation correct, youll be happy to know that the conjugations of baigner follow the pattern of aà regular -ER verb. This means that if you can conjugate common verbs likeà adorerà (to adore)à andà dà ©clarer (to declare), you can use those same endings in these verb forms. To do this, simply pair the subject pronoun with the appropriate tense needed for your sentence. For instance, I bathe is je baigne and we will bathe is nous baignerons. Subject Present Future Imperfect je baigne baignerai baignais tu baignes baigneras baignais il baigne baignera baignait nous baignons baignerons baignions vous baignez baignerez baigniez ils baignent baigneront baignaient What is the Present Participle ofà Baigner Theà present participleà of baignerà isà baignant. Notice how this transformation is done by replacing the -erà ending with -ant, which is equivalent to the English -ing. Baigners Past Participle and Passà © Composà © Theà past participleà of this verb is baignà ©. It is used along with anà auxiliary verbà to create the common past tense ofà passà © composà ©. The auxiliary verbà avoirà needs to be conjugated, though the past participle remains the same no matter which subject pronoun you use. As an example, I bathed is jai baignà ©. Similarly, we bathed is nous avons baignà ©. More Useful Conjugations ofà Baigner There are a few other verb forms you may need from time to time. Of these, the subjunctive and conditional are most common and each implies a level of uncertainty to the action. For the conditional, the action of bathing may or may not happen depending on the circumstances. You may not use or see the passà © simple or the imperfect subjunctive very often. These are often reserved for formal French writing, though you should be able to recognize their association withà baigner. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Passà © Simple Imperfect Subjunctive je baigne baignerais baignai baignasse tu baignes baignerais baignas baignasses il baigne baignerait baigna baignà ¢t nous baignions baignerions baignà ¢mes baignassions vous baigniez baigneriez baignà ¢tes baignassiez ils baignent baigneraient baignà ¨rent baignassent One last conjugation is important to note forà baigner. The imperative is used in direct requests and demands and there is no need to use the subject pronoun. For these instances, simplify nous baignons to baignons. Imperative (tu) baigne (nous) baignons (vous) baignez
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