tonifier
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
tonifier
- to tone up, to strengthen
Conjugation
Conjugation of tonifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tonifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tonifiant /tɔ.ni.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tonifié /tɔ.ni.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | tonifie /tɔ.ni.fi/ | tonifies /tɔ.ni.fi/ | tonifie /tɔ.ni.fi/ | tonifions /tɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/ | tonifiez /tɔ.ni.fje/ | tonifient /tɔ.ni.fi/ |
| imperfect | tonifiais /tɔ.ni.fjɛ/ | tonifiais /tɔ.ni.fjɛ/ | tonifiait /tɔ.ni.fjɛ/ | tonifiions /tɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/ | tonifiiez /tɔ.ni.fi.je/ | tonifiaient /tɔ.ni.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tonifiai /tɔ.ni.fje/ | tonifias /tɔ.ni.fja/ | tonifia /tɔ.ni.fja/ | tonifiâmes /tɔ.ni.fjam/ | tonifiâtes /tɔ.ni.fjat/ | tonifièrent /tɔ.ni.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | tonifierai /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/ | tonifieras /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/ | tonifiera /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/ | tonifierons /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | tonifierez /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/ | tonifieront /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tonifierais /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ | tonifierais /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ | tonifierait /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ | tonifierions /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | tonifieriez /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁje/ | tonifieraient /tɔ.ni.fi.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 | tonifie /tɔ.ni.fi/ | tonifies /tɔ.ni.fi/ | tonifie /tɔ.ni.fi/ | tonifiions /tɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/ | tonifiiez /tɔ.ni.fi.je/ | tonifient /tɔ.ni.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | tonifiasse /tɔ.ni.fjas/ | tonifiasses /tɔ.ni.fjas/ | tonifiât /tɔ.ni.fja/ | tonifiassions /tɔ.ni.fja.sjɔ̃/ | tonifiassiez /tɔ.ni.fja.sje/ | tonifiassent /tɔ.ni.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tonifie /tɔ.ni.fi/ | — | tonifions /tɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/ | tonifiez /tɔ.ni.fje/ | — | |
| 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
- tonifiant
- tonicité
- tonus
Further reading
- “tonifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.