Daily Verb Lesson: French for stretch is étendre
The French for stretch is the regular -RE verb étendre.To remember this, imagine they ATE TENDER meat, stretching it a long way!
étendre can also mean: to spread (out); to hang (washing); to lay a person down.
Related words include:
- s'étendre (vr) : to spread, to expand; to last; to lie down.
- s'étender sur : to stretch (over), to dwell on; to enlarge upon, to range over.
- étendu/e (pp/adj) : sprawling, vast, extensive.
Most verbs ending in -dre are conjugated in this way such as : confondre, détendre, entendre, étendre, fendre, pendre, prétendre, tendre, tondre, tordre. Exception: prendre (to take) and its compounds.
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Imagine they ATE TENDER meat,
stretching it a long way!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent stretch |
étends | étends | étend | étendons | étendez | étendent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait stretched |
étendais | étendais | étendait | étendions | étendiez | étendaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple stretched |
étendis | étendis | étendit | étendîmes | étendîtes | étendirent |
| Future Futur will stretch |
étendrai | étendras | étendra | étendrons | étendrez | étendront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would stretch |
étendrais | étendrais | étendrait | étendrions | étendriez | étendraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may stretch |
étende | étendes | étende | étendions | étendiez | étendent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have stretched |
ai étendu | as étendu | a étendu | avons étendu | avez étendu | ont étendu |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had stretched |
avais étendu | avais étendu | avait étendu | avions étendu | aviez étendu | avaient étendu |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have stretched |
aurai étendu | auras étendu | aura étendu | aurons étendu | aurez étendu | auront étendu |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have stretched |
aurais étendu | aurais étendu | aurait étendu | aurions étendu | auriez étendu | auraient étendu |
| Imperative Imperatif stretch! |
étends ! | étendons ! | étendez ! | |||
✔ étendre is a regular RE verb.
✔ Learn étendre and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other regular RE verbs.
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