conjuguer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin coniugāre, present active infinitive of coniugō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡe/
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Verb
conjuguer
- (grammar) to conjugate
- (rare) to unite, to tie together
Conjugation
Conjugation of conjuguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | conjuguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | conjuguant /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | conjugué /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | conjugue /kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/ | conjugues /kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/ | conjugue /kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/ | conjuguons /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɔ̃/ | conjuguez /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡe/ | conjuguent /kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/ |
| imperfect | conjuguais /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɛ/ | conjuguais /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɛ/ | conjuguait /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɛ/ | conjuguions /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡjɔ̃/ | conjuguiez /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡje/ | conjuguaient /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | conjuguai /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡe/ | conjuguas /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡa/ | conjugua /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡa/ | conjuguâmes /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡam/ | conjuguâtes /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡat/ | conjuguèrent /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | conjuguerai /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁe/ | conjugueras /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁa/ | conjuguera /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁa/ | conjuguerons /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɔ̃/ | conjuguerez /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁe/ | conjugueront /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | conjuguerais /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/ | conjuguerais /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/ | conjuguerait /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/ | conjuguerions /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ | conjugueriez /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡə.ʁje/ | conjugueraient /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | conjugue /kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/ | conjugues /kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/ | conjugue /kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/ | conjuguions /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡjɔ̃/ | conjuguiez /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡje/ | conjuguent /kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | conjuguasse /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡas/ | conjuguasses /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡas/ | conjuguât /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡa/ | conjuguassions /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ | conjuguassiez /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡa.sje/ | conjuguassent /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | conjugue /kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/ | — | conjuguons /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɔ̃/ | conjuguez /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- conjugaison
- joug
- subjuguer
Further reading
- “conjuguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.