Plaindre – to pity, (informal) to begrudge

French Verb Conjugations

	Present	Imperfect	Future		Conditional	Subjunctive		Imperfect subj.
je	plains	plaignais	plaindrai		plaindrais	plaigne		plaignisse
tu	plains	plaignais	plaindras		plaindrais	plaignes		plaignisses
il	plaint	plaignait	plaindra		plaindrait	plaigne		plaignît
nous	plaignons	plaignions	plaindrons		plaindrions	plaignions		plaignissions
vous	plaignez	plaigniez	plaindrez		plaindriez	plaigniez		plaignissiez
ils	plaignent	plaignaient	plaindront		plaindraient	plaignent		plaignissent
	Passé composé	Past perfect	Future perfect		Past conditional	Past subjunctive		Pluperfect subj.
j’	ai plaint	avais plaint	aurai plaint		aurais plaint	aie plaint		eusse plaint
tu	as plaint	avais plaint	auras plaint		aurais plaint	aies plaint		eusses plaint
il	a plaint	avait plaint	aura plaint		aurait plaint	ait plaint		eût plaint
nous	avons plaint	avions plaint	aurons plaint		aurions plaint	ayons plaint		eussions plaint
vous	avez plaint	aviez plaint	aurez plaint		auriez plaint	ayez plaint		eussiez plaint
ils	ont plaint	avaient plaint	auront plaint		auraient plaint	aient plaint		eussent plaint
	Passé simple	Past anterior		Imperative		Participles
je / j’	plaignis	eus plaint		(tu)	plains		Present	plaignant
tu	plaignis	eus plaint		(nous)	plaignons		Past	plaint
il	plaignit	eut plaint		(vous)	plaignez		Perfect	ayant plaint
nous	plaignîmes	eûmes plaint		Past imperative
vous	plaignîtes	eûtes plaint		(tu)	aie plaint	Past infinitive
ils	plaignirent	eurent plaint		(nous)	ayons plaint		avoir plaint
				(vous)	ayez plaint

  Plaindre is an irregular -re verb.

Does se plaindre need the subjunctive?

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