Daily Verb Lesson: French for lie is mentir
The French for lie is the irregular IR verb mentir.To remember this, imagine the man lying says, "What I MEANT 'ERE is that I did not have sax with that woman!"
Mentir can also mean: to tell lies; to be misleading.
Related words include:
- se mentir (sur) (vr) : to fool/lie to oneself or one another (about).
- le mensonge (nm) : lie.
- un gros mensonge (nm) : a big lie.
- le détecteur de mensonge (nm) : lie detector.
Verbs ending in -tir conjugated in this way include: sentir, consentir, mentir, partir, repartir, sortir and their compounds.
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Imagine the man lying says, "What I MEANT 'ERE
is that I did not have sax with that woman!"
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent lie |
mens | mens | ment | mentons | mentez | mentent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait lied |
mentais | mentais | mentait | mentions | mentiez | mentaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple lied |
mentis | mentis | mentit | mentîmes | mentîtes | mentirent |
| Future Futur will lie |
mentirai | mentiras | mentira | mentirons | mentirez | mentiront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would lie |
mentirais | mentirais | mentirait | mentirions | mentiriez | mentiraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may lie |
mente | mentes | mente | mentions | mentiez | mentent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have lied |
ai menti | as menti | a menti | avons menti | avez menti | ont menti |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had lied |
avais menti | avais menti | avait menti | avions menti | aviez menti | avaient menti |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have lied |
aurai menti | auras menti | aura menti | aurons menti | aurez menti | auront menti |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have lied |
aurais menti | aurais menti | aurait menti | aurions menti | auriez menti | auraient menti |
| Imperative Imperatif lie! |
mens ! | mentons ! | mentez ! | |||
✔ mentir is an irregular IR verb.
✔ Learn mentir and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other irregular IR verbs.
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