lettrer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛ.tʁe/ ~ /le.tʁe/
- Rhymes: -e
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Verb
lettrer
- (transitive, archaic) to send a letter (to someone)
- (transitive) to educate, to teach to read and write
Conjugation
Conjugation of lettrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | lettrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | lettrant /lɛ.tʁɑ̃/ or /le.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | lettré /lɛ.tʁe/ or /le.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | lettre /lɛtʁ/ |
lettres /lɛtʁ/ |
lettre /lɛtʁ/ |
lettrons /lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /le.tʁɔ̃/ |
lettrez /lɛ.tʁe/ or /le.tʁe/ |
lettrent /lɛtʁ/ |
| imperfect | lettrais /lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /le.tʁɛ/ |
lettrais /lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /le.tʁɛ/ |
lettrait /lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /le.tʁɛ/ |
lettrions /lɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /le.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
lettriez /lɛ.tʁi.je/ or /le.tʁi.je/ |
lettraient /lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /le.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | lettrai /lɛ.tʁe/ or /le.tʁe/ |
lettras /lɛ.tʁa/ or /le.tʁa/ |
lettra /lɛ.tʁa/ or /le.tʁa/ |
lettrâmes /lɛ.tʁam/ or /le.tʁam/ |
lettrâtes /lɛ.tʁat/ or /le.tʁat/ |
lettrèrent /lɛ.tʁɛʁ/ or /le.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | lettrerai /lɛ.tʁə.ʁe/ or /le.tʁə.ʁe/ |
lettreras /lɛ.tʁə.ʁa/ or /le.tʁə.ʁa/ |
lettrera /lɛ.tʁə.ʁa/ or /le.tʁə.ʁa/ |
lettrerons /lɛ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /le.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
lettrerez /lɛ.tʁə.ʁe/ or /le.tʁə.ʁe/ |
lettreront /lɛ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /le.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | lettrerais /lɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /le.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
lettrerais /lɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /le.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
lettrerait /lɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /le.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
lettrerions /lɛ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /le.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
lettreriez /lɛ.tʁə.ʁje/ or /le.tʁə.ʁje/ |
lettreraient /lɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /le.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | lettre /lɛtʁ/ |
lettres /lɛtʁ/ |
lettre /lɛtʁ/ |
lettrions /lɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /le.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
lettriez /lɛ.tʁi.je/ or /le.tʁi.je/ |
lettrent /lɛtʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | lettrasse /lɛ.tʁas/ or /le.tʁas/ |
lettrasses /lɛ.tʁas/ or /le.tʁas/ |
lettrât /lɛ.tʁa/ or /le.tʁa/ |
lettrassions /lɛ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /le.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
lettrassiez /lɛ.tʁa.sje/ or /le.tʁa.sje/ |
lettrassent /lɛ.tʁas/ or /le.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | lettre /lɛtʁ/ |
— | lettrons /lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /le.tʁɔ̃/ |
lettrez /lɛ.tʁe/ or /le.tʁe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “lettrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.