Verbs ending in -oindre, -eindre or -aindre in the passé simple in French
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Verbs ending in -oindre, -eindre or -aindre in the passé simple
Verbs ending in -oindre, -aindre, -eindre are conjugated in the passé simple like this:
joindre en
Je joignis
Tu joignis
Il joignit/elle joignit
Nous joignîmes
Vous joignîtes
Ils joignirent/elles joignirent
Tu joignis
Il joignit/elle joignit
Nous joignîmes
Vous joignîtes
Ils joignirent/elles joignirent
peindre en
Je peignis
Tu peignis
Il peignit/elle peignit
Nous peignîmes
Vous peignîtes
Ils peignirent/elles peignirent
Tu peignis
Il peignit/elle peignit
Nous peignîmes
Vous peignîtes
Ils peignirent/elles peignirent
craindre en
Je craignis
Tu craignis
Il craignit/elle craignit
Nous craignîmes
Vous craignîtes
Ils craignirent/elles craignirent
Tu craignis
Il craignit/elle craignit
Nous craignîmes
Vous craignîtes
Ils craignirent/elles craignirent
« Victor Hugo ne craignit pas (...) de l’appeler déjà "Napoléon le Petit" (...) »
Victor Hugo didn’t fear calling him ‘Napoleon the Small’.
(Le Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIXe siècle, Pierre Larousse.)
Victor Hugo didn’t fear calling him ‘Napoleon the Small’.
(Le Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIXe siècle, Pierre Larousse.)
Note: The passé simple is mostly used in formal and literary French for describing specific or completed past actions.
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