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Verb conjugation

appesantir

to weigh down; to dull

Usage

Literally to weigh down or make heavy, but used almost entirely in its pronominal form s'appesantir sur, meaning to dwell on or linger over a subject (often longer than necessary) — a fairly common verb in written and spoken French.

Examples
  • Je ne vais pas m'appesantir sur les détails.I'm not going to dwell on the details.
  • La fatigue appesantissait ses gestes.Fatigue was weighing down his movements.
  • Le rapport s'appesantit trop sur des points mineurs.The report dwells too much on minor points.
Common mistake

Learners often try to use appesantir without se for the "dwell on a topic" meaning — that sense requires the pronominal form, s'appesantir sur; without se, it just means to physically weigh something down.

Simple tenses

Present

jeappesantis
tuappesantis
il/elleappesantit
nousappesantissons
vousappesantissez
ils/ellesappesantissent

Imperfect

jeappesantissais
tuappesantissais
il/elleappesantissait
nousappesantissions
vousappesantissiez
ils/ellesappesantissaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeappesantis
tuappesantis
il/elleappesantit
nousappesantîmes
vousappesantîtes
ils/ellesappesantirent

Future

jeappesantirai
tuappesantiras
il/elleappesantira
nousappesantirons
vousappesantirez
ils/ellesappesantiront

Conditional

jeappesantirais
tuappesantirais
il/elleappesantirait
nousappesantirions
vousappesantiriez
ils/ellesappesantiraient

Subjunctive

jeappesantisse
tuappesantisses
il/elleappesantisse
nousappesantissions
vousappesantissiez
ils/ellesappesantissent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeappesantisse
tuappesantisses
il/elleappesantît
nousappesantissions
vousappesantissiez
ils/ellesappesantissent

Imperative

tuappesantis
nousappesantissons
vousappesantissez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

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

Plus-que-parfait

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

Passé antérieur

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

Futur antérieur

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

Conditionnel passé

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

Subjonctif passé

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

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

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

Impératif passé

tuaie appesanti
nousayons appesanti
vousayez appesanti

Other

Present participle

appesantissant

Past participle

appesanti

Infinitive

appesantir

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Frequently asked questions

What does "appesantir" mean?

"appesantir" means "to weigh down; to dull".

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

The present of "appesantir" is: je appesantis, tu appesantis, il/elle appesantit, nous appesantissons, vous appesantissez, ils/elles appesantissent.

What is the Passé composé of "appesantir"?

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

What is the Imperative of "appesantir"?

The imperative of "appesantir" is: tu appesantis, nous appesantissons, vous appesantissez.