jaunir
French
Etymology
jaune + -ir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒo.niʁ/
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Verb
jaunir
- (intransitive) to go yellow, to turn yellow
- (of bananas) to ripen
- (transitive) to make yellow
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of jaunir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | jaunir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | jaunissant /ʒo.ni.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | jauni /ʒo.ni/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | jaunis /ʒo.ni/ | jaunis /ʒo.ni/ | jaunit /ʒo.ni/ | jaunissons /ʒo.ni.sɔ̃/ | jaunissez /ʒo.ni.se/ | jaunissent /ʒo.nis/ |
imperfect | jaunissais /ʒo.ni.sɛ/ | jaunissais /ʒo.ni.sɛ/ | jaunissait /ʒo.ni.sɛ/ | jaunissions /ʒo.ni.sjɔ̃/ | jaunissiez /ʒo.ni.sje/ | jaunissaient /ʒo.ni.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | jaunis /ʒo.ni/ | jaunis /ʒo.ni/ | jaunit /ʒo.ni/ | jaunîmes /ʒo.nim/ | jaunîtes /ʒo.nit/ | jaunirent /ʒo.niʁ/ | |
future | jaunirai /ʒo.ni.ʁe/ | jauniras /ʒo.ni.ʁa/ | jaunira /ʒo.ni.ʁa/ | jaunirons /ʒo.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | jaunirez /ʒo.ni.ʁe/ | jauniront /ʒo.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | jaunirais /ʒo.ni.ʁɛ/ | jaunirais /ʒo.ni.ʁɛ/ | jaunirait /ʒo.ni.ʁɛ/ | jaunirions /ʒo.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ | jauniriez /ʒo.ni.ʁje/ | jauniraient /ʒo.ni.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 | jaunisse /ʒo.nis/ | jaunisses /ʒo.nis/ | jaunisse /ʒo.nis/ | jaunissions /ʒo.ni.sjɔ̃/ | jaunissiez /ʒo.ni.sje/ | jaunissent /ʒo.nis/ |
imperfect2 | jaunisse /ʒo.nis/ | jaunisses /ʒo.nis/ | jaunît /ʒo.ni/ | jaunissions /ʒo.ni.sjɔ̃/ | jaunissiez /ʒo.ni.sje/ | jaunissent /ʒo.nis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | jaunis /ʒo.ni/ | — | jaunissons /ʒo.ni.sɔ̃/ | jaunissez /ʒo.ni.se/ | — | |
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
- jaunissage
- jaunissure
Further reading
- “jaunir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.