naitre
See also: naître
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
naitre
- post-1990 spelling of naître
Conjugation
Conjugation of naitre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | naitre | |||||
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compound | être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | naissant /nɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ne.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | né /ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | nais /nɛ/ | nais /nɛ/ | nait /nɛ/ | naissons /nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ne.sɔ̃/ | naissez /nɛ.se/ or /ne.se/ | naissent /nɛs/ |
imperfect | naissais /nɛ.sɛ/ or /ne.sɛ/ | naissais /nɛ.sɛ/ or /ne.sɛ/ | naissait /nɛ.sɛ/ or /ne.sɛ/ | naissions /nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ne.sjɔ̃/ | naissiez /nɛ.sje/ or /ne.sje/ | naissaient /nɛ.sɛ/ or /ne.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | naquis /na.ki/ | naquis /na.ki/ | naquit /na.ki/ | naquîmes /na.kim/ | naquîtes /na.kit/ | naquirent /na.kiʁ/ | |
future | naitrai /nɛ.tʁe/ or /ne.tʁe/ | naitras /nɛ.tʁa/ or /ne.tʁa/ | naitra /nɛ.tʁa/ or /ne.tʁa/ | naitrons /nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ne.tʁɔ̃/ | naitrez /nɛ.tʁe/ or /ne.tʁe/ | naitront /nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ne.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | naitrais /nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ | naitrais /nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ | naitrait /nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ | naitrions /nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | naitriez /nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ne.tʁi.je/ | naitraient /nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | naisse /nɛs/ | naisses /nɛs/ | naisse /nɛs/ | naissions /nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ne.sjɔ̃/ | naissiez /nɛ.sje/ or /ne.sje/ | naissent /nɛs/ |
imperfect2 | naquisse /na.kis/ | naquisses /na.kis/ | naquît /na.ki/ | naquissions /na.ki.sjɔ̃/ | naquissiez /na.ki.sje/ | naquissent /na.kis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | nais /nɛ/ | — | naissons /nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ne.sɔ̃/ | naissez /nɛ.se/ or /ne.se/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | simple imperative of être + 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
- “naitre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- arétin, entrai, inerta, raient, renait, renaît, reniât, rentai, riante, tenir à, traine, trainé, traîne, traîné