ajouter
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French ajouster, from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre, *adjuxtāre, from Latin ad + juxta. Cf. also ajuster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʒu.te/
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Verb
ajouter
Conjugation
Conjugation of ajouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ajouter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ajoutant /a.ʒu.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ajouté /a.ʒu.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ajoute /a.ʒut/ |
ajoutes /a.ʒut/ |
ajoute /a.ʒut/ |
ajoutons /a.ʒu.tɔ̃/ |
ajoutez /a.ʒu.te/ |
ajoutent /a.ʒut/ |
| imperfect | ajoutais /a.ʒu.tɛ/ |
ajoutais /a.ʒu.tɛ/ |
ajoutait /a.ʒu.tɛ/ |
ajoutions /a.ʒu.tjɔ̃/ |
ajoutiez /a.ʒu.tje/ |
ajoutaient /a.ʒu.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ajoutai /a.ʒu.te/ |
ajoutas /a.ʒu.ta/ |
ajouta /a.ʒu.ta/ |
ajoutâmes /a.ʒu.tam/ |
ajoutâtes /a.ʒu.tat/ |
ajoutèrent /a.ʒu.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | ajouterai /a.ʒu.tʁe/ |
ajouteras /a.ʒu.tʁa/ |
ajoutera /a.ʒu.tʁa/ |
ajouterons /a.ʒu.tʁɔ̃/ |
ajouterez /a.ʒu.tʁe/ |
ajouteront /a.ʒu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ajouterais /a.ʒu.tʁɛ/ |
ajouterais /a.ʒu.tʁɛ/ |
ajouterait /a.ʒu.tʁɛ/ |
ajouterions /a.ʒu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ajouteriez /a.ʒu.tə.ʁje/ |
ajouteraient /a.ʒu.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | ajoute /a.ʒut/ |
ajoutes /a.ʒut/ |
ajoute /a.ʒut/ |
ajoutions /a.ʒu.tjɔ̃/ |
ajoutiez /a.ʒu.tje/ |
ajoutent /a.ʒut/ |
| imperfect2 | ajoutasse /a.ʒu.tas/ |
ajoutasses /a.ʒu.tas/ |
ajoutât /a.ʒu.ta/ |
ajoutassions /a.ʒu.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
ajoutassiez /a.ʒu.ta.sje/ |
ajoutassent /a.ʒu.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ajoute /a.ʒut/ |
— | ajoutons /a.ʒu.tɔ̃/ |
ajoutez /a.ʒu.te/ |
— | |
| 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
Related terms
Further reading
- “ajouter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.