Daily Verb Lesson: French for claim is prétendre
The French for claim is the regular -RE verb prétendre.To remember this, imagine the PRETENDERS claim the throne!
prétendre can also mean: to allege, intend, claim to be, purport, pretend.
Related words include:
- se prétendre à indemnités/un poste (vr) : to claim damages / aspire to a job.
- prétendument (adv) : supposedly, allegedly.
- prétentieux/ieuse (adj/n m/f) : pretentious, conceited.
- le prétendant/e (pp; nm/f) : pretender; candidate; suitor.
Most verbs ending in -dre are conjugated in this way such as : cconfondre, détendre, entendre, étendre, fendre, pendre, prétendre, tendre, tondre, tordre. Exception: prendre (to take) and its compounds.
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Imagine the PRETENDERS claim the throne!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent claim |
prétends | prétends | prétend | prétendons | prétendez | prétendent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait claim |
prétendais | prétendais | prétendait | prétendions | prétendiez | prétendaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple claim |
prétendis | prétendis | prétendit | prétendîmes | prétendîtes | prétendirent |
| Future Futur will claim |
prétendrai | prétendras | prétendra | prétendrons | prétendrez | prétendront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would claim |
prétendrais | prétendrais | prétendrait | prétendrions | prétendriez | prétendraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may claim |
prétende | prétendes | prétende | prétendions | prétendiez | prétendent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have claim |
ai prétendu | as prétendu | a prétendu | avons prétendu | avez prétendu | ont prétendu |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had claim |
avais prétendu | avais prétendu | avait prétendu | avions prétendu | aviez prétendu | avaient prétendu |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have claim |
aurai prétendu | auras prétendu | aura prétendu | aurons prétendu | aurez prétendu | auront prétendu |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have claim |
aurais prétendu | aurais prétendu | aurait prétendu | aurions prétendu | auriez prétendu | auraient prétendu |
| Imperative Imperatif claim! |
prétends ! | prétendons ! | prétendez ! | |||
✔ prétendre is a regular RE verb.
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