Verb in French for incline: incliner
(also to tilt, lean, be inclined to...)

            The French verb for incline is the regular ER verb incliner. It also means to tilt, to lean, to be inclined or swayed towards something.

To remember this imagine Frenchmen are INCLINED to ski down a surface that's been INCLINED.

Related words/phrases are:
  • s'incliner: to make someone inclined towards something.
  • s'incliner: to bow.
  • pencher: to tilt.
  • se pencher: to lean forward, (literally to tilt oneself forward).
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french-verb-to-incline-is-incliner

to incline, tilt, lean, be inclined to: incliner
Imagine French skiers are INCLINED to ski down the INCLINED slope.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE incliner
Simple Tenses incliner
TENSE
je/j’
tu
il
nous
vous
ils
Present
Présent
incline, tilt		 incline inclines incline inclinons inclinez inclinent
Past Imperfect
Imparfait
inclineed		 inclinais inclinais inclinait inclinions incliniez inclinaient
Simple Past
Passé Simple
inclined		 inclinai inclinas inclina inclinâmes inclinâtes inclinèrent
Future
Futur
will incline, tilt		 inclinerai inclineras inclinera inclinerons inclinerez inclineront
Conditional
Conditionnel
would incline, tilt		 inclinerais inclinerais inclinerait inclinerions inclineriez inclineraient
Subjunctive
Subjonctif
may incline, tilt		 incline inclines incline inclinions incliniez inclinent
Compound Tenses incliner
Present Perfect
Passé Composé
have inclined		 ai incliné as incliné a incliné avons incliné avez incliné ont incliné
Past Perfect
Plus-que-Parfait
had inclined		 avais incliné avais incliné avait incliné avions incliné aviez incliné avaient incliné
Future Perfect
Futur Antérieur
will have inclined		 aurai incliné auras incliné aura incliné aurons incliné aurez incliné auront incliné
Conditional Perfect
Conditionnel Passé
would have inclined		 aurais incliné aurais incliné aurait incliné aurions incliné auriez incliné auraient incliné
Imperative
Imperatif
incline! tilt!		 incline inclinons inclinez

        MORE on the FRENCH VERB incliner

      
  • s'incliner à penser quelquechose: to be inclined to think something, to lean towards thinking something, to be swayed towards something;
  • Compare this with the French verb basculer;
  • se balancer sur une chaise: to lean back on a chair
Consider also the English 'to be inclined to':
  • avoir tendance à:
To lean on or lean against is:
  • adosser à quelquechose ou ...
  • the reflexive s'adosser à quelquechose ...
  • adosser contre quelquechose ou ...
  • the reflexive s'adosser contre quelquechose ou ...
  • appuyer sur quelquechose or ...
  • appuyer contre quelquechose...;
  • or the reflexive verb: s'appuyer sur quelquechose,
  • or the reflexive verb: s'appuyer contre quelquechose.

  HOW TO CONQUER FRENCH VERB CONJUGATION   


  • The French verb for incline, incliner is another regular ER verb conjugated using the same pattern of endings as 5,000+ other regular ER verbs.
  • Learn to conjugate incliner and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL regular ER verbs, these being the most common French verbs.
  • Do a series of ER verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the ER verbs' conjugation patterns. Keep doing them with a new one every day from the French Verbs List.
  • Repeating these tables aloud 10 times throughout the day will better embed the patterns into your subconscious, and your long term memory.
  • Reciting aloud is a great way for you to practice your pronunciation, and helps you to memorize the conjugations.

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