étiriez

étiriez is a French verb form derived from étirer. It is the second-person plural form of étirer in three different moods or tenses: the imperfect indicative (vous étiriez), the present conditional (vous étiriez), and the present subjunctive (que vous étiriez). Because the same spelling appears in these distinct grammatical contexts, the intended meaning is determined by surrounding words and syntax.

In the imperfect indicative, étiriez indicates a past action that was ongoing or habitual. For example: « Avant l’atelier, vous étiriez les bras pour vous échauffer » translates to “Before the workshop, you were stretching your arms to warm up.”

In the present conditional, étiriez expresses a hypothetical or polite action. For example: « Vous étiriez les muscles si vous faisiez de la gymnastique » can mean “You would stretch the muscles if you did gymnastics.”

In the present subjunctive, étiriez appears after certain expressions requiring the subjunctive, such as il faut que or pour que. For example: « Il faut que vous étiriez vos jambes avant de courir » means “It is necessary that you stretch your legs before running.”

Pronunciation and spelling note: étiriez ends with -iez, a suffix that occurs in several moods for vous, which contributes to the form’s ambiguity without context. Étirer is a regular -er verb, and étiriez follows standard conjugation patterns aside from these mood/tense overlaps. See also étirer for the dictionary base of the form.