Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Introduction to the verb empirer
The English translation of the verb “empirer” is “to worsen.” The infinitive form “empirer” is pronounced as ahm-pee-reh.
The verb “empirer” originates from the Old French word “empirier,” which comes from the Latin word “imperare,” meaning “to command” or “to order.” In everyday French, “empirer” is commonly used to describe a situation or condition that becomes worse or deteriorates.
Examples:
- La situation va empirer si nous ne prenons pas de mesures immédiates.
(The situation will worsen if we don’t take immediate action.) - Ses symptômes se sont empirés au cours de la nuit.
(His symptoms worsened during the night.) - Les relations entre les deux pays se sont empirées après l’incident.
(The relations between the two countries worsened after the incident.)
Empirer – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of empirer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | j’empire | J’empire chaque jour. | I worsen every day. |
Tu | tu empire | Tu empire ta situation. | You worsen your situation. |
Il | il empire | Il empire la situation économique. | He worsens the economic situation. |
Elle | elle empire | Elle empire sa santé. | She worsens her health. |
On | on empire | On empire la qualité de vie. | We worsen the quality of life. |
Nous | nous empire | Nous empirenous empire. | We worsen, we worsen. |
Vous | vous empirez | Vous empirez la situation. | You worsen the situation. |
Ils | ils empirent | Ils empirent leurs relations. | They worsen their relationships. |
Elles | elles empirent | Elles empirent la situation. | They worsen the situation. |
Other Conjugations for Empirer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb empirer (You’re reading it right now!)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb empirer
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