positionner
French
Etymology
From position + -er.
Pronunciation
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Verb
positionner
- (transitive) to position
Verb
se positionner
- (reflexive) to position oneself, to prepare oneself
Conjugation
Conjugation of positionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | positionner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | positionnant /po.zi.sjɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | positionné /po.zi.sjɔ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | positionne /po.zi.sjɔn/ | positionnes /po.zi.sjɔn/ | positionne /po.zi.sjɔn/ | positionnons /po.zi.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ | positionnez /po.zi.sjɔ.ne/ | positionnent /po.zi.sjɔn/ |
imperfect | positionnais /po.zi.sjɔ.nɛ/ | positionnais /po.zi.sjɔ.nɛ/ | positionnait /po.zi.sjɔ.nɛ/ | positionnions /po.zi.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ | positionniez /po.zi.sjɔ.nje/ | positionnaient /po.zi.sjɔ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | positionnai /po.zi.sjɔ.ne/ | positionnas /po.zi.sjɔ.na/ | positionna /po.zi.sjɔ.na/ | positionnâmes /po.zi.sjɔ.nam/ | positionnâtes /po.zi.sjɔ.nat/ | positionnèrent /po.zi.sjɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | positionnerai /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁe/ | positionneras /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁa/ | positionnera /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁa/ | positionnerons /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | positionnerez /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁe/ | positionneront /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | positionnerais /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ | positionnerais /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ | positionnerait /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ | positionnerions /po.zi.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | positionneriez /po.zi.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/ | positionneraient /po.zi.sjɔn.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 | positionne /po.zi.sjɔn/ | positionnes /po.zi.sjɔn/ | positionne /po.zi.sjɔn/ | positionnions /po.zi.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ | positionniez /po.zi.sjɔ.nje/ | positionnent /po.zi.sjɔn/ |
imperfect2 | positionnasse /po.zi.sjɔ.nas/ | positionnasses /po.zi.sjɔ.nas/ | positionnât /po.zi.sjɔ.na/ | positionnassions /po.zi.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | positionnassiez /po.zi.sjɔ.na.sje/ | positionnassent /po.zi.sjɔ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | positionne /po.zi.sjɔn/ | — | positionnons /po.zi.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ | positionnez /po.zi.sjɔ.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). |
Further reading
- “positionner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- pointerions