ajourner
French
Etymology
From Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jorn (nome) (“to an (appointed) day”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʒuʁ.ne/
Audio (file)
Verb
ajourner
- postpone, adjourn, put off (an event)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ajourner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ajourner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ajournant /a.ʒuʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ajourné /a.ʒuʁ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | ajourne /a.ʒuʁn/ | ajournes /a.ʒuʁn/ | ajourne /a.ʒuʁn/ | ajournons /a.ʒuʁ.nɔ̃/ | ajournez /a.ʒuʁ.ne/ | ajournent /a.ʒuʁn/ |
imperfect | ajournais /a.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ | ajournais /a.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ | ajournait /a.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ | ajournions /a.ʒuʁ.njɔ̃/ | ajourniez /a.ʒuʁ.nje/ | ajournaient /a.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ajournai /a.ʒuʁ.ne/ | ajournas /a.ʒuʁ.na/ | ajourna /a.ʒuʁ.na/ | ajournâmes /a.ʒuʁ.nam/ | ajournâtes /a.ʒuʁ.nat/ | ajournèrent /a.ʒuʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | ajournerai /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁe/ | ajourneras /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁa/ | ajournera /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁa/ | ajournerons /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | ajournerez /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁe/ | ajourneront /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ajournerais /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | ajournerais /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | ajournerait /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | ajournerions /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | ajourneriez /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁje/ | ajourneraient /a.ʒuʁ.nə.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 | ajourne /a.ʒuʁn/ | ajournes /a.ʒuʁn/ | ajourne /a.ʒuʁn/ | ajournions /a.ʒuʁ.njɔ̃/ | ajourniez /a.ʒuʁ.nje/ | ajournent /a.ʒuʁn/ |
imperfect2 | ajournasse /a.ʒuʁ.nas/ | ajournasses /a.ʒuʁ.nas/ | ajournât /a.ʒuʁ.na/ | ajournassions /a.ʒuʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ | ajournassiez /a.ʒuʁ.na.sje/ | ajournassent /a.ʒuʁ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ajourne /a.ʒuʁn/ | — | ajournons /a.ʒuʁ.nɔ̃/ | ajournez /a.ʒuʁ.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). |
Descendants
- → Norwegian Bokmål: ajournere
Further reading
- “ajourner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʃʉˈɳeːr/, /aʃʉʁˈneːr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːr
- Hyphenation: a‧jour‧ner
Verb
ajourner
- imperative of ajournere