Daily Verb Lesson: French for shear is tondre
The French for shear is the regular -RE verb tondre.To remember this, imagine they shear a TON of DRY grass!
tondre can also mean: to clip, to mow (grass); to fleece (familiar).
Related words include:
- la tondeuse (nf) : hair clipper.
- la tondeuse à gazon (nf) : lawnmower.
- les tondeurs (nmpl) : grass shears.
- le tondeur de chiens/moutons (nm) : (dog/sheep) shearer .
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 shear a TON of DRY grass!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent shear |
tonds | tonds | tond | tondons | tondez | tondent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait shore |
tondais | tondais | tondait | tondions | tondiez | tondaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple shore |
tondis | tondis | tondit | tondîmes | tondîtes | tondirent |
| Future Futur will shear |
tondrai | tondras | tondra | tondrons | tondrez | tondront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would shear |
tondrais | tondrais | tondrait | tondrions | tondriez | tondraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may shorn |
tonde | tondes | tonde | tondions | tondiez | tondent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have shorn |
ai tondu | as tondu | a tondu | avons tondu | avez tondu | ont tondu |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had shear |
avais tondu | avais tondu | avait tondu | avions tondu | aviez tondu | avaient tondu |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have shorn |
aurai tondu | auras tondu | aura tondu | aurons tondu | aurez tondu | auront tondu |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have shorn |
aurais tondu | aurais tondu | aurait tondu | aurions tondu | auriez tondu | auraient tondu |
| Imperative Imperatif shear! |
tonds ! | tondons ! | tondez ! | |||
✔ tondre is a regular RE verb.
✔ Learn tondre and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other regular RE verbs.
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