contacter
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tak.te/
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Verb
contacter
- to contact (all senses)
Conjugation
Conjugation of contacter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | contacter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | contactant /kɔ̃.tak.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | contacté /kɔ̃.tak.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | contacte /kɔ̃.takt/ | contactes /kɔ̃.takt/ | contacte /kɔ̃.takt/ | contactons /kɔ̃.tak.tɔ̃/ | contactez /kɔ̃.tak.te/ | contactent /kɔ̃.takt/ |
imperfect | contactais /kɔ̃.tak.tɛ/ | contactais /kɔ̃.tak.tɛ/ | contactait /kɔ̃.tak.tɛ/ | contactions /kɔ̃.tak.tjɔ̃/ | contactiez /kɔ̃.tak.tje/ | contactaient /kɔ̃.tak.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | contactai /kɔ̃.tak.te/ | contactas /kɔ̃.tak.ta/ | contacta /kɔ̃.tak.ta/ | contactâmes /kɔ̃.tak.tam/ | contactâtes /kɔ̃.tak.tat/ | contactèrent /kɔ̃.tak.tɛʁ/ | |
future | contacterai /kɔ̃.tak.tə.ʁe/ | contacteras /kɔ̃.tak.tə.ʁa/ | contactera /kɔ̃.tak.tə.ʁa/ | contacterons /kɔ̃.tak.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | contacterez /kɔ̃.tak.tə.ʁe/ | contacteront /kɔ̃.tak.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | contacterais /kɔ̃.tak.tə.ʁɛ/ | contacterais /kɔ̃.tak.tə.ʁɛ/ | contacterait /kɔ̃.tak.tə.ʁɛ/ | contacterions /kɔ̃.tak.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | contacteriez /kɔ̃.tak.tə.ʁje/ | contacteraient /kɔ̃.tak.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
(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 | contacte /kɔ̃.takt/ | contactes /kɔ̃.takt/ | contacte /kɔ̃.takt/ | contactions /kɔ̃.tak.tjɔ̃/ | contactiez /kɔ̃.tak.tje/ | contactent /kɔ̃.takt/ |
imperfect2 | contactasse /kɔ̃.tak.tas/ | contactasses /kɔ̃.tak.tas/ | contactât /kɔ̃.tak.ta/ | contactassions /kɔ̃.tak.ta.sjɔ̃/ | contactassiez /kɔ̃.tak.ta.sje/ | contactassent /kɔ̃.tak.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | contacte /kɔ̃.takt/ | — | contactons /kɔ̃.tak.tɔ̃/ | contactez /kɔ̃.tak.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
- “contacter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- contracte, contracté