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Verb conjugation

alunir

to land on the Moon

Usage

A verb coined specifically for spacecraft landing on the Moon — modeled on atterrir (to land on Earth, terre) but swapping in lune (moon). It's used only for the literal act of a craft touching down on the lunar surface, not for astronauts walking there.

Examples
  • Le module a aluni sans encombre le 20 juillet 1969.The module landed on the Moon without incident on July 20, 1969.
  • La sonde doit aluni près du pôle sud lunaire.The probe is set to land on the Moon near the lunar south pole.
  • Peu d'engins ont réussi à aluni en douceur.Few craft have managed to land softly on the Moon.
Common mistake

Learners use atterrir for any landing, but alunir is the specific word coined for lunar touchdowns — by extension, French also has amarsir for landing on Mars, following the same pattern.

Often confused with atterrir.

Simple tenses

Present

jealunis
tualunis
il/ellealunit
nousalunissons
vousalunissez
ils/ellesalunissent

Imperfect

jealunissais
tualunissais
il/ellealunissait
nousalunissions
vousalunissiez
ils/ellesalunissaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jealunis
tualunis
il/ellealunit
nousalunîmes
vousalunîtes
ils/ellesalunirent

Future

jealunirai
tualuniras
il/ellealunira
nousalunirons
vousalunirez
ils/ellesaluniront

Conditional

jealunirais
tualunirais
il/ellealunirait
nousalunirions
vousaluniriez
ils/ellesaluniraient

Subjunctive

jealunisse
tualunisses
il/ellealunisse
nousalunissions
vousalunissiez
ils/ellesalunissent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jealunisse
tualunisses
il/ellealunît
nousalunissions
vousalunissiez
ils/ellesalunissent

Imperative

tualunis
nousalunissons
vousalunissez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai aluni
tuas aluni
il/ellea aluni
nousavons aluni
vousavez aluni
ils/ellesont aluni

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais aluni
tuavais aluni
il/elleavait aluni
nousavions aluni
vousaviez aluni
ils/ellesavaient aluni

Passé antérieur

jeeus aluni
tueus aluni
il/elleeut aluni
nouseûmes aluni
vouseûtes aluni
ils/elleseurent aluni

Futur antérieur

jeaurai aluni
tuauras aluni
il/elleaura aluni
nousaurons aluni
vousaurez aluni
ils/ellesauront aluni

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais aluni
tuaurais aluni
il/elleaurait aluni
nousaurions aluni
vousauriez aluni
ils/ellesauraient aluni

Subjonctif passé

jeaie aluni
tuaies aluni
il/elleait aluni
nousayons aluni
vousayez aluni
ils/ellesaient aluni

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse aluni
tueusses aluni
il/elleeût aluni
nouseussions aluni
vouseussiez aluni
ils/elleseussent aluni

Impératif passé

tuaie aluni
nousayons aluni
vousayez aluni

Other

Present participle

alunissant

Past participle

aluni

Infinitive

alunir

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Frequently asked questions

What does "alunir" mean?

"alunir" means "to land on the Moon".

How do you conjugate "alunir" in the present tense?

The present of "alunir" is: je alunis, tu alunis, il/elle alunit, nous alunissons, vous alunissez, ils/elles alunissent.

What is the Passé composé of "alunir"?

The passé composé of "alunir" is: je ai aluni, tu as aluni, il/elle a aluni, nous avons aluni, vous avez aluni, ils/elles ont aluni.

What is the Imperative of "alunir"?

The imperative of "alunir" is: tu alunis, nous alunissons, vous alunissez.