The French for soak is the regular ER verb tremper. (TROMPAY).
To remember this, imagine Donald TRUMP and his TRUMPET SOAK.
Related words include: - faire tremper quelquechose: to soak something.
- tremper les lèvres to take a sip - to wet the lips; in this case the word is used for a quick wetting of the subject.
- se tremper to go for a dip in the sea/have a quick bath
- tremper son biscuit dans son thé: to dunk one's biscuit/cookie in one's tea;
- tremper dans quelque chose: to be mixed up/involved in something.
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to soak: tremper
Imagine Donald TRUMP and his TRUMPET soak!
VERB CONJUGATION TABLE tremper
Simple Tenses tremper
TENSE
je/j'
tu
il
nous
vous
ils
Present Présent soak
trempe
trempes
trempe
trempons
trempez
trempent
Past Imperfect Imparfait soaked
trempais
trempais
trempait
trempions
trempiez
trempaient
Simple Past Passé Simple soaked
trempai
trempas
trempa
trempâmes
trempâtes
trempèrent
Future Futur will soak
tremperai
tremperas
trempera
tremperons
tremperez
tremperont
Conditional Conditionnel would soak
tremperais
tremperais
tremperait
tremperions
tremperiez
tremperaient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may soak
trempe
trempes
trempe
trempions
trempiez
trempent
Compound Tenses tremper
Present Perfect Passé Composé have soaked
ai trempé
as trempé
a trempé
avons trempé
avez trempé
ont trempé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had soaked
avais trempé
avais trempé
avait trempé
avions trempé
aviez trempé
avaient trempé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have soaked
aurai trempé
auras trempé
aura trempé
aurons trempé
aurez trempé
auront trempé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have soaked
✔ Tremper is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French. ✔
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