plier
B1#3,625Hear it
verb
- to foldbend (something) over; arrange by folding
- to fold up
- to bend
- to mess up; to do in; to damage
- to kill, kill offa game
Forms
Present
| I | plie |
|---|---|
| you | plies |
| he, she, it | plie |
| we | plions |
| you (plural) | pliez |
| they | plient |
Imperfect
| I | pliais |
|---|---|
| you | pliais |
| he, she, it | pliait |
| we | pliions |
| you (plural) | pliiez |
| they | pliaient |
Past historic
| I | pliai |
|---|---|
| you | plias |
| he, she, it | plia |
| we | pliâmes |
| you (plural) | pliâtes |
| they | plièrent |
Future
| I | plierai |
|---|---|
| you | plieras |
| he, she, it | pliera |
| we | plierons |
| you (plural) | plierez |
| they | plieront |
Conditional
| I | plierais |
|---|---|
| you | plierais |
| he, she, it | plierait |
| we | plierions |
| you (plural) | plieriez |
| they | plieraient |
Subjunctive
| I | plie |
|---|---|
| you | plies |
| he, she, it | plie |
| we | pliions |
| you (plural) | pliiez |
| they | plient |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | pliasse |
|---|---|
| you | pliasses |
| he, she, it | pliât |
| we | pliassions |
| you (plural) | pliassiez |
| they | pliassent |
Imperative
| you | plie |
|---|---|
| we | plions |
| you (plural) | pliez |
Other forms
| infinitive | plier |
|---|---|
| past participle | plié |
| gerund | pliant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- On ne coupe pas la salade avec un couteau. On la plie avec la fourchette.You don't cut lettuce with a knife. You fold it with your fork.A2Le pain et le fromage — Bread and cheese
- Les mouches et les maringouins jaillissaient par milliers du foin coupé et les harcelaient de leurs piqûres; le soleil ardent leur brûlait la nuque et les gouttes de sueur leur brûlaient les yeux; la fatigue de leurs dos toujours pliés devenait telle vers le soir qu'ils ne se redressaient qu'avec des grimaces de peine.The flies and the sailors sprang out of thousands of the hay cut and harassed them with their stings; the sun burned their necks and the drops of sweat burned their eyes; the tiredness of their always bent backs became so about the evening that they would only rise with grims of sorrow.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Grimaud présenta à son maître son index plié.Grimaud presented his master with his folded index.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Je reconnais là ton vaillant fer de Saint-Étienne, [48] qui plie toujours et ne casse jamais.I recognize here your valiant iron of Saint-Étienne, [48] who always folds and never breaks.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac