What Is the French Verb Conjugation for Attirer

In French,  attirer  is a verb that means to attract. Its an interesting correlation to attire as in clothing  because we often dress in order to be attractive. That makes it easy to remember, yet, the noun for attire is  la tenue.   Conjugating the French Verb   Attirer A verb conjugation is necessary to correctly use the equivalent of attracted or attracting in French. Its a bit more complex than in English because the endings change with both the subject pronoun and the tense of the sentence. Attirer  is a  regular -ER verb  and that makes the verb conjugation easier. This is because you can learn these forms then use the same endings for similar verbs such as  attacher  (to attach) or  allumer  (to light). When using the chart, pair the subject pronoun -- the  j, tu, nous, etc. -- with the present, future, or imperfect past tense form of the verb. For instance,  I attract is jattire and we will attract is nous attirerons. Subject Present Future Imperfect j attire attirerai attirais tu attires attireras attirais il attire attirera attirait nous attirons attirerons attirions vous attirez attirerez attiriez ils attirent attireront attiraient The Present Participle of  Attirer To change  attirer  to the  present participle, change the -er  to -ant. This gives you  attirant. It is a verb and, when needed, can also be an adjective, gerund, or noun. The Past Participle of  Attirer Rather than use the imperfect past tense, you can opt for the more common  passà © composà ©Ã‚  to express attracted. To do this, you will need to conjugate the  auxiliary verb  avoir, then use the  past participle  of attirà ©. As an example, to say we attracted in French, you will use nous avons attirà ©. Similarly, I attracted is jai attirà ©. The  avons  and  ai  are the past tense conjugates of  avoir  that are changed by the subject. More Conjugations of  Attirer When youre just learning French, you can concentrate on the present, future, and passà © composà © of  attirer. These final forms are not as essential, but it is good to know what they are and how they are used. The subjunctive implies that the action is subjective or uncertain. The conditional form is for those times when the action is dependent on something else. Its likely that you will only come across the passà © simple and imperfect subjunctive forms in formal French writing. Subject Subjunctive Conditional Pass Simple Imperfect Subjunctive j attire attirerais attirai attirasse tu attires attirerais attiras attirasses il attire attirerait attira attirt nous attirions attirerions attirmes attirassions vous attiriez attireriez attirtes attirassiez ils attirent attireraient attirrent attirassent There may also be times when you will want to use  attirer  in the imperative form. This will be in short and often assertive demands or requests. When using it, you can skip the subject pronoun. For instance, instead of tu attire, use attire. Imperative (tu) attire (nous) attirons (vous) attirez