individuer
French
Etymology
individu + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
individuer
- to individuate
Conjugation
Conjugation of individuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | individuer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | individuant /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | individué /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | individue /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/ | individues /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/ | individue /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/ | individuons /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɔ̃/ | individuez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥe/ | individuent /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/ |
imperfect | individuais /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛ/ | individuais /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛ/ | individuait /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛ/ | individuions /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.jɔ̃/ | individuiez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.je/ | individuaient /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛ/ | |
past historic2 | individuai /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥe/ | individuas /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa/ | individua /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa/ | individuâmes /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥam/ | individuâtes /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥat/ | individuèrent /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛʁ/ | |
future | individuerai /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁe/ | individueras /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁa/ | individuera /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁa/ | individuerons /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁɔ̃/ | individuerez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁe/ | individueront /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | individuerais /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁɛ/ | individuerais /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁɛ/ | individuerait /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁɛ/ | individuerions /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁjɔ̃/ | individueriez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁje/ | individueraient /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.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 | individue /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/ | individues /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/ | individue /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/ | individuions /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.jɔ̃/ | individuiez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.je/ | individuent /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/ |
imperfect2 | individuasse /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥas/ | individuasses /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥas/ | individuât /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa/ | individuassions /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.sjɔ̃/ | individuassiez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.sje/ | individuassent /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | individue /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/ | — | individuons /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɔ̃/ | individuez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥe/ | — | |
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
- individuation
- réindividuer
Further reading
- “individuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.