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Verb conjugation

amender

to amend; to improve (e.g. land, conduct)

Usage

In a legal and political context, amender means to formally amend a bill or text (amender la Constitution, amender un projet de loi). In agriculture, it has a distinct sense: to improve soil quality by adding fertilizer or organic matter (amender un sol).

Examples
  • Les députés ont amendé le projet de loi en commission.Lawmakers amended the bill in committee.
  • Il faut amender ce sol argileux avec du compost.This clay soil needs to be improved with compost.
  • La proposition a été largement amendée avant le vote final.The proposal was significantly amended before the final vote.
Common mistake

Learners assume amender always means "to improve" in a general sense, following the English false-friend instinct — but the legal sense specifically means to formally change a text through the amendment process, not just to make it better in a vague sense.

Simple tenses

Present

jeamende
tuamendes
il/elleamende
nousamendons
vousamendez
ils/ellesamendent

Imperfect

jeamendais
tuamendais
il/elleamendait
nousamendions
vousamendiez
ils/ellesamendaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeamendai
tuamendas
il/elleamenda
nousamendâmes
vousamendâtes
ils/ellesamendèrent

Future

jeamenderai
tuamenderas
il/elleamendera
nousamenderons
vousamenderez
ils/ellesamenderont

Conditional

jeamenderais
tuamenderais
il/elleamenderait
nousamenderions
vousamenderiez
ils/ellesamenderaient

Subjunctive

jeamende
tuamendes
il/elleamende
nousamendions
vousamendiez
ils/ellesamendent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeamendasse
tuamendasses
il/elleamendât
nousamendassions
vousamendassiez
ils/ellesamendassent

Imperative

tuamende
nousamendons
vousamendez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

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

Plus-que-parfait

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

Passé antérieur

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

Futur antérieur

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

Conditionnel passé

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

Subjonctif passé

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

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

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

Impératif passé

tuaie amendé
nousayons amendé
vousayez amendé

Other

Present participle

amendant

Past participle

amendé

Infinitive

amender

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Frequently asked questions

What does "amender" mean?

"amender" means "to amend; to improve (e.g. land, conduct)".

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

The present of "amender" is: je amende, tu amendes, il/elle amende, nous amendons, vous amendez, ils/elles amendent.

What is the Passé composé of "amender"?

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

What is the Imperative of "amender"?

The imperative of "amender" is: tu amende, nous amendons, vous amendez.