tenter
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verb
- to attempt
- to tempt
- to be desirable or interesting to; to be something one feels like doing
Forms
Present
| I | tente |
|---|---|
| you | tentes |
| he, she, it | tente |
| we | tentons |
| you (plural) | tentez |
| they | tentent |
Imperfect
| I | tentais |
|---|---|
| you | tentais |
| he, she, it | tentait |
| we | tentions |
| you (plural) | tentiez |
| they | tentaient |
Past historic
| I | tentai |
|---|---|
| you | tentas |
| he, she, it | tenta |
| we | tentâmes |
| you (plural) | tentâtes |
| they | tentèrent |
Future
| I | tenterai |
|---|---|
| you | tenteras |
| he, she, it | tentera |
| we | tenterons |
| you (plural) | tenterez |
| they | tenteront |
Conditional
| I | tenterais |
|---|---|
| you | tenterais |
| he, she, it | tenterait |
| we | tenterions |
| you (plural) | tenteriez |
| they | tenteraient |
Subjunctive
| I | tente |
|---|---|
| you | tentes |
| he, she, it | tente |
| we | tentions |
| you (plural) | tentiez |
| they | tentent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | tentasse |
|---|---|
| you | tentasses |
| he, she, it | tentât |
| we | tentassions |
| you (plural) | tentassiez |
| they | tentassent |
Imperative
| you | tente |
|---|---|
| we | tentons |
| you (plural) | tentez |
Other forms
| infinitive | tenter |
|---|---|
| past participle | tenté |
| gerund | tentant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- – C'est le démon de la gourmandise qui m'a tenté."It was the demon of greed that tempted me."B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Il sera brûlé pour avoir tenté de s'enfuir.He'll be burned for trying to escape.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- — Vous seriez donc tentée de croire, dit l’abbesse, que cette jeune femme est innocente?"Would you be tempted to believe," said the abbess, "that this young woman is innocent?"B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- C'est en 1636, que les Iroquois tentèrent une irruption dans le coeur du pays des Hurons.It was in 1636 that the Iroquois tried to break into the heart of the Huron land.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I