renseigner
French
Etymology
re- + enseigner
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/, /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/
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Verb
renseigner
- to advise; to inform
- (reflexive) to inquire; to find out
- se renseigner sur quelque chose
- to inquire about something
Conjugation
Conjugation of renseigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | renseigner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | renseignant /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | renseigné /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | renseignes /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | renseignons /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/ | renseignez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | renseignent /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | renseignais /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | renseignais /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | renseignait /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | renseignions /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ | renseigniez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲje/ | renseignaient /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | renseignai /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | renseignas /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/ | renseigna /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/ | renseignâmes /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲam/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲam/ | renseignâtes /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲat/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲat/ | renseignèrent /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | renseignerai /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/ | renseigneras /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/ | renseignera /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/ | renseignerons /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | renseignerez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/ | renseigneront /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | renseignerais /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | renseignerais /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | renseignerait /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | renseignerions /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ | renseigneriez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁje/ | renseigneraient /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.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 | renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | renseignes /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | renseignions /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ | renseigniez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲje/ | renseignent /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | renseignasse /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/ | renseignasses /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/ | renseignât /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/ | renseignassions /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ | renseignassiez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa.sje/ | renseignassent /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | — | renseignons /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/ | renseignez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Conjugation of se renseigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se renseigner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se renseignant /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | renseigné /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me renseigne /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | te renseignes /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | se renseigne /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | nous renseignons /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/ | vous renseignez /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | se renseignent /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | me renseignais /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | te renseignais /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | se renseignait /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | nous renseignions /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ | vous renseigniez /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲje/ | se renseignaient /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me renseignai /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | te renseignas /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/ | se renseigna /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/ | nous renseignâmes /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲam/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲam/ | vous renseignâtes /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲat/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲat/ | se renseignèrent /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | me renseignerai /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/ | te renseigneras /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/ | se renseignera /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/ | nous renseignerons /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | vous renseignerez /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/ | se renseigneront /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me renseignerais /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | te renseignerais /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | se renseignerait /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | nous renseignerions /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous renseigneriez /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁje/ | se renseigneraient /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me renseigne /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | te renseignes /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | se renseigne /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | nous renseignions /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ | vous renseigniez /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲje/ | se renseignent /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | me renseignasse /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/ | te renseignasses /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/ | se renseignât /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/ | nous renseignassions /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ | vous renseignassiez /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa.sje/ | se renseignassent /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | renseigne-toi /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ.twa/ | — | renseignons-nous /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃.nu/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃.nu/ | renseignez-vous /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe.vu/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'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). | |||||||
Related terms
- renseignement
Further reading
- “renseigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.