French Verb Conjugations
| Present | Imperfect | Future | Conditional | Subjunctive | Imperfect subj. | |||
| je | dissous | dissolvais | dissoudrai | dissoudrais | dissolve | n/a | ||
| tu | dissous | dissolvais | dissoudras | dissoudrais | dissolves | |||
| il | dissout | dissolvait | dissoudra | dissoudrait | dissolve | |||
| nous | dissolvons | dissolvions | dissoudrons | dissoudrions | dissolvions | |||
| vous | dissolvez | dissolviez | dissoudrez | dissoudriez | dissolviez | |||
| ils | dissolvent | dissolvaient | dissoudront | dissoudraient | dissolvent | |||
| Passé composé | Past perfect | Future perfect | Past conditional | Past subjunctive | Pluperfect subj. | |||
| j’ | ai dissous | avais dissous | aurai dissous | aurais dissous | aie dissous | eusse dissous | ||
| tu | as dissous | avais dissous | auras dissous | aurais dissous | aies dissous | eusses dissous | ||
| il | a dissous | avait dissous | aura dissous | aurait dissous | ait dissous | eût dissous | ||
| nous | avons dissous | avions dissous | aurons dissous | aurions dissous | ayons dissous | eussions dissous | ||
| vous | avez dissous | aviez dissous | aurez dissous | auriez dissous | ayez dissous | eussiez dissous | ||
| ils | ont dissous | avaient dissous | auront dissous | auraient dissous | aient dissous | eussent dissous | ||
| Passé simple | Past anterior | Imperative | Participles | |||||
| j’ | n/a | eus dissous | (tu) | dissous | Present | dissolvant | ||
| tu | eus dissous | (nous) | dissolvons | Past | dissous | |||
| il | eut dissous | (vous) | dissolvez | Perfect | ayant dissous | |||
| nous | eûmes dissous | Past imperative | ||||||
| vous | eûtes dissous | (tu) | aie dissous | Past infinitive | ||||
| ils | eurent dissous | (nous) | ayons dissous | avoir dissous | ||||
| (vous) | ayez dissous | |||||||
Dissoudre is an irregular -re verb.




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