copiner
French
Etymology
From copine + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.pi.ne/
Verb
copiner
- (intransitive) to be friends (with)
- (derogatory) to be in a friendly relationship with someone in order to gain an advantage
Conjugation
Conjugation of copiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | copiner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | copinant /kɔ.pi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | copiné /kɔ.pi.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | copine /kɔ.pin/ | copines /kɔ.pin/ | copine /kɔ.pin/ | copinons /kɔ.pi.nɔ̃/ | copinez /kɔ.pi.ne/ | copinent /kɔ.pin/ |
imperfect | copinais /kɔ.pi.nɛ/ | copinais /kɔ.pi.nɛ/ | copinait /kɔ.pi.nɛ/ | copinions /kɔ.pi.njɔ̃/ | copiniez /kɔ.pi.nje/ | copinaient /kɔ.pi.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | copinai /kɔ.pi.ne/ | copinas /kɔ.pi.na/ | copina /kɔ.pi.na/ | copinâmes /kɔ.pi.nam/ | copinâtes /kɔ.pi.nat/ | copinèrent /kɔ.pi.nɛʁ/ | |
future | copinerai /kɔ.pin.ʁe/ | copineras /kɔ.pin.ʁa/ | copinera /kɔ.pin.ʁa/ | copinerons /kɔ.pin.ʁɔ̃/ | copinerez /kɔ.pin.ʁe/ | copineront /kɔ.pin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | copinerais /kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/ | copinerais /kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/ | copinerait /kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/ | copinerions /kɔ.pi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | copineriez /kɔ.pi.nə.ʁje/ | copineraient /kɔ.pin.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 | copine /kɔ.pin/ | copines /kɔ.pin/ | copine /kɔ.pin/ | copinions /kɔ.pi.njɔ̃/ | copiniez /kɔ.pi.nje/ | copinent /kɔ.pin/ |
imperfect2 | copinasse /kɔ.pi.nas/ | copinasses /kɔ.pi.nas/ | copinât /kɔ.pi.na/ | copinassions /kɔ.pi.na.sjɔ̃/ | copinassiez /kɔ.pi.na.sje/ | copinassent /kɔ.pi.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | copine /kɔ.pin/ | — | copinons /kɔ.pi.nɔ̃/ | copinez /kɔ.pi.ne/ | — | |
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). |
Derived terms
- copinage
Related terms
- copain (“friend”)
Further reading
“copiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.