amatir
French
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Verb
amatir
- to give gold or silver a matte finish
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 amatir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | amatir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | amatissant /a.ma.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | amati /a.ma.ti/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | amatis /a.ma.ti/ | amatis /a.ma.ti/ | amatit /a.ma.ti/ | amatissons /a.ma.ti.sɔ̃/ | amatissez /a.ma.ti.se/ | amatissent /a.ma.tis/ |
| imperfect | amatissais /a.ma.ti.sɛ/ | amatissais /a.ma.ti.sɛ/ | amatissait /a.ma.ti.sɛ/ | amatissions /a.ma.ti.sjɔ̃/ | amatissiez /a.ma.ti.sje/ | amatissaient /a.ma.ti.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | amatis /a.ma.ti/ | amatis /a.ma.ti/ | amatit /a.ma.ti/ | amatîmes /a.ma.tim/ | amatîtes /a.ma.tit/ | amatirent /a.ma.tiʁ/ | |
| future | amatirai /a.ma.ti.ʁe/ | amatiras /a.ma.ti.ʁa/ | amatira /a.ma.ti.ʁa/ | amatirons /a.ma.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | amatirez /a.ma.ti.ʁe/ | amatiront /a.ma.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | amatirais /a.ma.ti.ʁɛ/ | amatirais /a.ma.ti.ʁɛ/ | amatirait /a.ma.ti.ʁɛ/ | amatirions /a.ma.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ | amatiriez /a.ma.ti.ʁje/ | amatiraient /a.ma.ti.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 | amatisse /a.ma.tis/ | amatisses /a.ma.tis/ | amatisse /a.ma.tis/ | amatissions /a.ma.ti.sjɔ̃/ | amatissiez /a.ma.ti.sje/ | amatissent /a.ma.tis/ |
| imperfect2 | amatisse /a.ma.tis/ | amatisses /a.ma.tis/ | amatît /a.ma.ti/ | amatissions /a.ma.ti.sjɔ̃/ | amatissiez /a.ma.ti.sje/ | amatissent /a.ma.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | amatis /a.ma.ti/ | — | amatissons /a.ma.ti.sɔ̃/ | amatissez /a.ma.ti.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “amatir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch amateur (“amateur”), from French amateur, from Latin amātor (“lover”), from amō (“to love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈama.t̪ɪr]
- Hyphenation: ama‧tir
Noun
amatir (first-person possessive amatirku, second-person possessive amatirmu, third-person possessive amatirnya)
- amateur,
- a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
- someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
Alternative forms
- amatur (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Derived terms
- amatir-amatiran
- amatiran
- seamatir
Further reading
- “amatir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.