Présent
- j'attends
- tu attends
- il/elle attend
- nous attendons
- vous attendez
- ils/elles attendent
attendre is the French verb for “to wait”. It is a regular -re verb. Its compound tenses, such as the passé composé, take the auxiliary avoir, and its participe passé is attendu.
In the présent: j'attends, tu attends, il/elle attend, nous attendons, vous attendez, ils/elles attendent.
Practise attendre
Question 1 of 5
attendre · Présent
Tous les matins, j' le bus devant la maison.
Every morning I wait for the bus in front of the house.
attendre · Présent
Nous le train en ce moment.
We are waiting for the train right now.
attendre · Passé composé
Marie son ami au café l'autre jour.
Marie waited for her friend at the café the other day.
attendre · Présent
Les enfants le goûter tous les jours à quatre heures.
The children wait for their snack every day at four.
attendre · Passé composé
Toi et ton frère, vous le vétérinaire longtemps avant-hier ?
Did you and your brother wait long for the vet the day before yesterday?
The sentences Conjupi asks you to complete for this verb, with the conjugated form in red.
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