malfaire

French

Etymology

mal + faire, or from Latin malefacere. Compare Italian malfare.

Pronunciation

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Verb

malfaire

  1. (archaic) do wrong

Conjugation

Conjugation of malfaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple malfaire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple malfaisant
/mal.fə.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle malfait
/mal.fɛ/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present malfais
/mal.fɛ/ 		malfais
/mal.fɛ/ 		malfait
/mal.fɛ/ 		malfaisons
/mal.fə.zɔ̃/ 		malfaites
/mal.fɛt/ 		malfont
/mal.fɔ̃/
imperfect malfaisais
/mal.fə.zɛ/ 		malfaisais
/mal.fə.zɛ/ 		malfaisait
/mal.fə.zɛ/ 		malfaisions
/mal.fə.zjɔ̃/ 		malfaisiez
/mal.fə.zje/ 		malfaisaient
/mal.fə.zɛ/
past historic2 malfis
/mal.fi/ 		malfis
/mal.fi/ 		malfit
/mal.fi/ 		malfîmes
/mal.fim/ 		malfîtes
/mal.fit/ 		malfirent
/mal.fiʁ/
future malferai
/mal.fə.ʁe/ 		malferas
/mal.fə.ʁa/ 		malfera
/mal.fə.ʁa/ 		malferons
/mal.fə.ʁɔ̃/ 		malferez
/mal.fə.ʁe/ 		malferont
/mal.fə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional malferais
/mal.fə.ʁɛ/ 		malferais
/mal.fə.ʁɛ/ 		malferait
/mal.fə.ʁɛ/ 		malferions
/mal.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		malferiez
/mal.fə.ʁje/ 		malferaient
/mal.fə.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 malfasse
/mal.fas/ 		malfasses
/mal.fas/ 		malfasse
/mal.fas/ 		malfassions
/mal.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		malfassiez
/mal.fa.sje/ 		malfassent
/mal.fas/
imperfect2 malfisse
/mal.fis/ 		malfisses
/mal.fis/ 		malfît
/mal.fi/ 		malfissions
/mal.fi.sjɔ̃/ 		malfissiez
/mal.fi.sje/ 		malfissent
/mal.fis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — malfais
/mal.fɛ/ 		— malfaisons
/mal.fə.zɔ̃/ 		malfaites
/mal.fɛt/ 		—
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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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