éduquer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēducāre, present active infinitive of ēducō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.dy.ke/
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Verb
éduquer
- (transitive) to educate
Conjugation
Conjugation of éduquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | éduquer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | éduquant /e.dy.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | éduqué /e.dy.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | éduque /e.dyk/ | éduques /e.dyk/ | éduque /e.dyk/ | éduquons /e.dy.kɔ̃/ | éduquez /e.dy.ke/ | éduquent /e.dyk/ |
| imperfect | éduquais /e.dy.kɛ/ | éduquais /e.dy.kɛ/ | éduquait /e.dy.kɛ/ | éduquions /e.dy.kjɔ̃/ | éduquiez /e.dy.kje/ | éduquaient /e.dy.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | éduquai /e.dy.ke/ | éduquas /e.dy.ka/ | éduqua /e.dy.ka/ | éduquâmes /e.dy.kam/ | éduquâtes /e.dy.kat/ | éduquèrent /e.dy.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | éduquerai /e.dy.kʁe/ | éduqueras /e.dy.kʁa/ | éduquera /e.dy.kʁa/ | éduquerons /e.dy.kʁɔ̃/ | éduquerez /e.dy.kʁe/ | éduqueront /e.dy.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | éduquerais /e.dy.kʁɛ/ | éduquerais /e.dy.kʁɛ/ | éduquerait /e.dy.kʁɛ/ | éduquerions /e.dy.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | éduqueriez /e.dy.kə.ʁje/ | éduqueraient /e.dy.kʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | éduque /e.dyk/ | éduques /e.dyk/ | éduque /e.dyk/ | éduquions /e.dy.kjɔ̃/ | éduquiez /e.dy.kje/ | éduquent /e.dyk/ |
| imperfect2 | éduquasse /e.dy.kas/ | éduquasses /e.dy.kas/ | éduquât /e.dy.ka/ | éduquassions /e.dy.ka.sjɔ̃/ | éduquassiez /e.dy.ka.sje/ | éduquassent /e.dy.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | éduque /e.dyk/ | — | éduquons /e.dy.kɔ̃/ | éduquez /e.dy.ke/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- rééduquer
Related terms
- éducateur
- éducatif
- éducation
- éducationnel
Further reading
- “éduquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.