attrapiez

Attrapiez is a French verb form. It denotes the second-person plural present subjunctive of attraper, the verb meaning to catch or seize. This form is used in subordinate clauses that require the subjunctive mood, typically after expressions of necessity, desire, doubt, or possibility and with the conjunction que. For example: Il faut que vous attrapiez le ballon.

Form and usage: The form attrapiez is part of the standard present subjunctive endings for -er verbs. In this mood, the vous form ends with -iez, giving attrapiez. The full present-subjunctive paradigm for attraper is: que j'attrape, que tu attrapes, qu'il attrape, que nous attrapions, que vous attrapiez, qu'ils attrapent. The imperfect subjunctive form would be attrapassiez, which is rarely used in contemporary French and is mainly found in literary contexts.

Etymology and notes: Attraper is a regular -er verb, with attrapiez deriving from the same stem attrap- and the standard subjunctive endings. The form is primarily encountered in formal writing or careful speech, where the French subjunctive is required after certain expressions or conjunctions. While numerous common verbs retain subjunctive forms in everyday speech, attrapiez remains a standard example of the present-subjunctive vous form in instructional and reference contexts.

See also: attraper.