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FRENCH VERB

admettre

to admit

  • #303 most used
  • Irregular -re verb
  • Past participle: admis
  • Present participle: admettant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I admit
  2. tu you admit
  3. il, elle, on he/she admits
  4. nous we admit
  5. vous you admit
  6. ils, elles they admit

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I admited
  2. tu you admited
  3. il, elle, on he/she admited
  4. nous we admited
  5. vous you admited
  6. ils, elles they admited

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to admit
  2. tu you used to admit
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to admit
  4. nous we used to admit
  5. vous you used to admit
  6. ils, elles they used to admit

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will admit
  2. tu you will admit
  3. il, elle, on he/she will admit
  4. nous we will admit
  5. vous you will admit
  6. ils, elles they will admit

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would admit
  2. tu you would admit
  3. il, elle, on he/she would admit
  4. nous we would admit
  5. vous you would admit
  6. ils, elles they would admit

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I admit
  2. tu (that) you admit
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she admit
  4. nous (that) we admit
  5. vous (that) you admit
  6. ils, elles (that) they admit

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu admit!
  2. nous admit! (let’s)
  3. vous admit! (plural, or formal)

How to use admettre

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    J'admets que je n'avais pas pensé à ça.

    I admit I hadn't thought of that.

  2. Past

    Il a admis son erreur devant toute l'équipe.

    He admitted his mistake in front of the whole team.

  3. Imperfect

    Mon père n'admettait aucun retard à table.

    My father didn't allow any lateness at the table.

  4. Future

    Tu admettras que c'était une bonne idée.

    You'll admit it was a good idea.

  5. Conditional

    Je l'admettrais plus facilement si tu t'excusais.

    I'd accept it more easily if you apologised.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut que tu admettes que tu t'es trompé.

    You have to admit you were wrong.

  7. Imperative

    Admettons que le train soit annulé, on fait quoi ?

    Let's say the train is cancelled, what do we do?

Good to know

  • Admettre goes like mettre. Admettons means let's say : admettons que tu aies raison.
  • Être admis is to be accepted, to an exam or a school.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -re verb.