| Present | Future | Imperfect | Present participle | |||||||
| je m' | abstiens | abstiendrai | abstenais | s'abstenant | ||||||
| tu t' | abstiens | abstiendras | abstenais | |||||||
| il s' | abstient | abstiendra | abstenait | Passé composé | ||||||
| nous nous | abstenons | abstiendrons | abstenions | Auxiliary verb | être | |||||
| vous vous | abstenez | abstiendrez | absteniez | Past participle | abstenu | |||||
| ils s' | abstiennent | abstiendront | abstenaient | |||||||
| Subjunctive | Conditional | Passé simple | Imperfect subjunctive | |||||||
| je m' | abstienne | abstiendrais | abstins | abstinsse | ||||||
| tu t' | abstiennes | abstiendrais | abstins | abstinsses | ||||||
| il s' | abstienne | abstiendrait | abstint | abstînt | ||||||
| nous nous | abstenions | abstiendrions | abstînmes | abstinssions | ||||||
| vous vous | absteniez | abstiendriez | abstîntes | abstinssiez | ||||||
| ils s' | abstiennent | abstiendraient | abstinrent | abstinssent | ||||||
| Imperative | ||||||||||
| (tu) | abstiens-toi | Verb conjugation pattern S'abstenir is an irregular pronominal verb; it is conjugated like French verbs ending in -venir and -tenir | ||||||||
| (nous) | abstenons-nous | |||||||||
| (vous) | abstenez-vous | |||||||||
S'abstenir - to abstain, refrain from
Simple conjugations for the pronominal French verb s'abstenir
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