adjectiver
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
adjectiver
- to adjectivize
Conjugation
Conjugation of adjectiver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | adjectiver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | adjectivant /a.dʒɛk.ti.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | adjectivé /a.dʒɛk.ti.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | adjective /a.dʒɛk.tiv/ |
adjectives /a.dʒɛk.tiv/ |
adjective /a.dʒɛk.tiv/ |
adjectivons /a.dʒɛk.ti.vɔ̃/ |
adjectivez /a.dʒɛk.ti.ve/ |
adjectivent /a.dʒɛk.tiv/ |
| imperfect | adjectivais /a.dʒɛk.ti.vɛ/ |
adjectivais /a.dʒɛk.ti.vɛ/ |
adjectivait /a.dʒɛk.ti.vɛ/ |
adjectivions /a.dʒɛk.ti.vjɔ̃/ |
adjectiviez /a.dʒɛk.ti.vje/ |
adjectivaient /a.dʒɛk.ti.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | adjectivai /a.dʒɛk.ti.ve/ |
adjectivas /a.dʒɛk.ti.va/ |
adjectiva /a.dʒɛk.ti.va/ |
adjectivâmes /a.dʒɛk.ti.vam/ |
adjectivâtes /a.dʒɛk.ti.vat/ |
adjectivèrent /a.dʒɛk.ti.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | adjectiverai /a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁe/ |
adjectiveras /a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁa/ |
adjectivera /a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁa/ |
adjectiverons /a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁɔ̃/ |
adjectiverez /a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁe/ |
adjectiveront /a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | adjectiverais /a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁɛ/ |
adjectiverais /a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁɛ/ |
adjectiverait /a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁɛ/ |
adjectiverions /a.dʒɛk.ti.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adjectiveriez /a.dʒɛk.ti.və.ʁje/ |
adjectiveraient /a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | adjective /a.dʒɛk.tiv/ |
adjectives /a.dʒɛk.tiv/ |
adjective /a.dʒɛk.tiv/ |
adjectivions /a.dʒɛk.ti.vjɔ̃/ |
adjectiviez /a.dʒɛk.ti.vje/ |
adjectivent /a.dʒɛk.tiv/ |
| imperfect2 | adjectivasse /a.dʒɛk.ti.vas/ |
adjectivasses /a.dʒɛk.ti.vas/ |
adjectivât /a.dʒɛk.ti.va/ |
adjectivassions /a.dʒɛk.ti.va.sjɔ̃/ |
adjectivassiez /a.dʒɛk.ti.va.sje/ |
adjectivassent /a.dʒɛk.ti.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | adjective /a.dʒɛk.tiv/ |
— | adjectivons /a.dʒɛk.ti.vɔ̃/ |
adjectivez /a.dʒɛk.ti.ve/ |
— | |
| 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
- “adjectiver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.