cogiter
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōgitāre, present active infinitive of cōgitō. Doublet of cuider, which was inherited but is now obsolete.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.ʒi.te/
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Verb
cogiter
- to cogitate, think about
Conjugation
Conjugation of cogiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cogiter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cogitant /kɔ.ʒi.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cogité /kɔ.ʒi.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | cogite /kɔ.ʒit/ | cogites /kɔ.ʒit/ | cogite /kɔ.ʒit/ | cogitons /kɔ.ʒi.tɔ̃/ | cogitez /kɔ.ʒi.te/ | cogitent /kɔ.ʒit/ |
| imperfect | cogitais /kɔ.ʒi.tɛ/ | cogitais /kɔ.ʒi.tɛ/ | cogitait /kɔ.ʒi.tɛ/ | cogitions /kɔ.ʒi.tjɔ̃/ | cogitiez /kɔ.ʒi.tje/ | cogitaient /kɔ.ʒi.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cogitai /kɔ.ʒi.te/ | cogitas /kɔ.ʒi.ta/ | cogita /kɔ.ʒi.ta/ | cogitâmes /kɔ.ʒi.tam/ | cogitâtes /kɔ.ʒi.tat/ | cogitèrent /kɔ.ʒi.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | cogiterai /kɔ.ʒi.tʁe/ | cogiteras /kɔ.ʒi.tʁa/ | cogitera /kɔ.ʒi.tʁa/ | cogiterons /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɔ̃/ | cogiterez /kɔ.ʒi.tʁe/ | cogiteront /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cogiterais /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/ | cogiterais /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/ | cogiterait /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/ | cogiterions /kɔ.ʒi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | cogiteriez /kɔ.ʒi.tə.ʁje/ | cogiteraient /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | cogite /kɔ.ʒit/ | cogites /kɔ.ʒit/ | cogite /kɔ.ʒit/ | cogitions /kɔ.ʒi.tjɔ̃/ | cogitiez /kɔ.ʒi.tje/ | cogitent /kɔ.ʒit/ |
| imperfect2 | cogitasse /kɔ.ʒi.tas/ | cogitasses /kɔ.ʒi.tas/ | cogitât /kɔ.ʒi.ta/ | cogitassions /kɔ.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ | cogitassiez /kɔ.ʒi.ta.sje/ | cogitassent /kɔ.ʒi.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cogite /kɔ.ʒit/ | — | cogitons /kɔ.ʒi.tɔ̃/ | cogitez /kɔ.ʒi.te/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “cogiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
cōgiter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōgitō