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FRENCH VERB

admirer

to admire

  • #436 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Past participle: admiré
  • Present participle: admirant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

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

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

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

How to use admirer

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

  1. Present

    J'admire les gens qui se lèvent à six heures.

    I admire people who get up at six.

  2. Past

    On a admiré le coucher de soleil depuis le port.

    We admired the sunset from the harbour.

  3. Imperfect

    Petit, j'admirais mon oncle, il était pompier.

    As a kid, I looked up to my uncle, he was a firefighter.

  4. Future

    Vous admirerez la vue depuis la terrasse du dernier étage.

    You'll admire the view from the top-floor terrace.

  5. Conditional

    J'admirerais bien le paysage si tu roulais moins vite.

    I'd enjoy the scenery if you drove more slowly.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Je ne crois pas qu'elle admire vraiment son chef.

    I don't think she really admires her boss.

  7. Imperative

    Admire ce travail, elle a tout fait à la main.

    Admire this work, she did it all by hand.

Good to know

  • Admirer la vue, admirer quelqu'un : no preposition.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.