Key facts

Émietter

To crumble

C1Regular
Stem
émiett
Past participle
émietté

Examples

J'émiette le pain.

I crumble the bread.

Il n'émiette pas le gâteau.

He doesn't crumble the cake.

Nous émiettions tout.

We were crumbling everything.

Nous avons émietté ça.

We crumbled that.

Présent

Indicative present — everyday actions, ongoing situations, and habits; the tense you rely on most in conversation.

Group 1
J'émiette
Icrumble
Tuémiettes
Youcrumble
Ilémiette
Hecrumbles
Nousémiettons
Wecrumble
Vousémiettez
Youcrumble
Ilsémiettent
Theycrumble

Futur proche

Near future with aller + infinitive — what you are about to do, very soon after the moment of speaking.

Jevais émietter
Iam going to crumble
Tuvas émietter
Youare going to crumble
Ilva émietter
Heis going to crumble
Nousallons émietter
Weare going to crumble
Vousallez émietter
Youare going to crumble
Ilsvont émietter
Theyare going to crumble

Passé récent

Recent past with venir de + infinitive — something that has just finished, still fresh in the speaker’s mind.

Jeviens d'émietter
Ihave just crumbled
Tuviens d'émietter
Youhave just crumbled
Ilvient d'émietter
Hehas just crumbled
Nousvenons d'émietter
Wehave just crumbled
Vousvenez d'émietter
Youhave just crumbled
Ilsviennent d'émietter
Theyhave just crumbled

Passé composé

Compound past with être or avoir + past participle — completed, one-off events and the backbone of spoken storytelling.

J'ai émietté
Ihave crumbled
Tuas émietté
Youhave crumbled
Ila émietté
Hehas crumbled
Nousavons émietté
Wehave crumbled
Vousavez émietté
Youhave crumbled
Ilsont émietté
Theyhave crumbled

Conditionnel présent

Conditional mood — polite requests, imagined outcomes, and what would happen under certain conditions.

J'émietterais
Iwould crumble
Tuémietterais
Youwould crumble
Ilémietterait
Hewould crumble
Nousémietterions
Wewould crumble
Vousémietteriez
Youwould crumble
Ilsémietteraient
Theywould crumble

Futur simple

Simple future — often more formal or literary than the near future; states intentions farther ahead in time.

J'émietterai
Iwill crumble
Tuémietteras
Youwill crumble
Ilémiettera
Hewill crumble
Nousémietterons
Wewill crumble
Vousémietterez
Youwill crumble
Ilsémietteront
Theywill crumble

Imparfait

Imperfect — repeated habits in the past, background description, and actions still in progress when something else occurred.

J'émiettais
Iwas crumbling
Tuémiettais
Youwere crumbling
Ilémiettait
Hewas crumbling
Nousémiettions
Were crumbling
Vousémiettiez
Youwere crumbling
Ilsémiettaient
Theywere crumbling

Impératif présent

Present imperative — direct commands and friendly requests; only tu, nous, and vous person forms exist.

(Tu)émiette
Youcrumble
(Nous)émiettons
Wecrumble
(Vous)émiettez
Youcrumble

Participe présent

Present participle — the -ant form in subordinate clauses, compound tenses, and many fixed expressions.

émiettant
crumbling

Gérondif présent

Gerund with en + present participle — simultaneous action, manner, or cause while something else is going on.

en émiettant
crumbling

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