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tendre

to do

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Conjugation of tendre

Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present tense
je tends
I do
tu tends
you do
il/elle/on tend
he/she/it does
nous tendons
we do
vous tendez
you all do
ils/elles tendent
they do
Present perfect tense
j’ai tendu
I did
tu as tendu
you did
il/elle/on a tendu
he/she/it did
nous avons tendu
we did
vous avez tendu
you all did
ils/elles ont tendu
they did
Past impf. tense
je tendais
I was doing
tu tendais
you were doing
il/elle/on tendait
he/she/it was doing
nous tendions
we were doing
vous tendiez
you all were doing
ils/elles tendaient
they were doing
Future tense
je tendrai
I will do
tu tendras
you will do
il/elle/on tendra
he/she/it will do
nous tendrons
we will do
vous tendrez
you all will do
ils/elles tendront
they will do
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Past perfect tense
j’avais tendu
I had done
tu avais tendu
you had done
il/elle/on avait tendu
he/she/it had done
nous avions tendu
we had done
vous aviez tendu
you all had done
ils/elles avaient tendu
they had done
Past preterite tense
je tendis
I did
tu tendis
you did
il/elle/on tendit
he/she/it did
nous tendîmes
we did
vous tendîtes
you all did
ils/elles tendirent
they did
Past anterior tense
j’eus tendu
I had done
tu eus tendu
you had done
il/elle/on eut tendu
he/she/it had done
nous eûmes tendu
we had done
vous eûtes tendu
you all had done
ils/elles eurent tendu
they had done
Future perfect tense
j’aurai tendu
I will have done
tu auras tendu
you will have done
il/elle/on aura tendu
he/she/it will have done
nous aurons tendu
we will have done
vous aurez tendu
you all will have done
ils/elles auront tendu
they will have done
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Present subjunctive tense
que je tende
that I do
que tu tendes
that you do
qu’il/elle/on tende
that he/she/it do
que nous tendions
that we do
que vous tendiez
that you all do
qu’ils/elles tendent
that they do
Present perf. subjunctive tense
que j’aie tendu
that I have done
que tu aies tendu
that you have done
qu’il/elle/on ait tendu
that he/she/it have done
que nous ayons tendu
that we have done
que vous ayez tendu
that you all have done
qu’ils/elles aient tendu
that they have done
Imperfect subjunctive tense
que je tendisse
that I would do
que tu tendisses
that you would do
qu’il/elle/on tendît
that he/she/it would do
que nous tendissions
that we would do
que vous tendissiez
that you all would do
qu’ils/elles tendissent
that they would do
Past perfect subjunctive tense
que j’eusse tendu
that I had done
que tu eusses tendu
that you had done
qu’il/elle/on eût tendu
that he/she/it had done
que nous eussions tendu
that we had done
que vous eussiez tendu
that you all had done
qu’ils/elles eussent tendu
that they had done
Je
Tu
Il/elle/on
Nous
Vous
Ils/elles
Conditional mood
je tendrais
I would do
tu tendrais
you would do
il/elle/on tendrait
he/she/it would do
nous tendrions
we would do
vous tendriez
you all would do
ils/elles tendraient
they would do
Conditional perfect tense
j’aurais tendu
I would have done
tu aurais tendu
you would have done
il/elle/on aurait tendu
he/she/it would have done
nous aurions tendu
we would have done
vous auriez tendu
you all would have done
ils/elles auraient tendu
they would have done
Imperative mood
-
tends
do!
-
tendons
let's do!
tendez
do!
-
Past perfect imperative mood
-
aie tendu
have done
-
ayons tendu
let's have done
ayez tendu
have done
-

Examples of tendre

"Elle a l'habitude de tendre l'oreille."

She's used to making her ears do double duty.

"Et si je devais encore tendre le cou Aux passions mondaines, "Dures, tyranniques et pressantes,

If I bow down to worldly events, tough, tyrannical and pressing,

"Ma tendre Sheil, "Si tu lis ces mots, ça signifie que les moments passés ensemble "sont terminés, et bien trop tôt, les moments passés sur terre.

"My dearest Sheel, if you are reading these words, it means our time together is done and far too soon-- our time on earth.

"Plus bas, plus bas, plus bas dans l'obscurité de la tombe, "doucement ils vont. "Le beau, le tendre,

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave, gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind.

- Il n'y a qu'à tendre une carte.

All you have to do is hand over a little card.

Arlo a réussi à le piéger. Il m'a tendu un flingue et m'a dit "Descends-le".

Arlo built the trap, caught it, gave me a gun, said, "get 'er done."

Chez nous, ça veut dire être tendu, pas exploser 12 mecs et un labo fédéral ni voler un objet d'importance capitale.

It came undone. Coming undone in our business means you need a margherita. It doesn't mean capping a dozen people in a government lab and blowing it up.

Il m'a pris en traître. Il m'a tendu la main. Le plus vieux truc du monde !

You would have done the same.

Où vous m'avez tendu des pièges. Et vous n'avez rien fait ?

Stealthily under cover of night as you've done everything to destroy me.

- Je l'ignore. Mais je tends à croire que c'est lié à son expérience.

I have no idea, but I assume it had something to do with his experience on the shuttle.

- Tu tends l'oreille. - D'accord.

I'll do that.

Accroche tes vrais amis à ton âme avec des crampons d'acier, mais ne tends pas la main au premier blanc-bec qui se prétend ton camarade.

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried grapple them to thy soul with "hoops of steel" but do not dull thy palm with entertainment of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade.

Allons, détends-toi un peu Bayard.

Cool down a bit, Bayard.

Alors tends la main et prends contact.

Then why don't you reach out and touch someone?

Alors, tendez la main

# So get it done #

Comment je sais si vous nous tendez pas un piège ?

How do I know you're not setting us up?

Comment un homme qui n'a jamais commis d'erreurs de toute sa vie, à la fin, vous lui tendez un chèque, qui vaut une semaine de salaire pour chaque année travaillée.

You tell me how a man works, doesn't put a foot wrong his whole life, and then at the end, you hand him a check, and it's worth like one week's salary for every year worked.

Je veux que vous mettiez vos protèges-coudes, dans le sac, le fermer, et tendez le à ce magnifique mec juste-là.

What I need you to do is take your elbow pads, put 'em in the bag, zip it up, hand it to this handsome fella right here.

Mais ne me tendez plus de sac à crottes ou je le remplis et je le jette dans votre voiture

But whatever you do, don't ever hand me a poo-bag again, or it's gonna get filled up and thrown at your car.