naviguer
French
Alternative forms
- naviger (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French navig(u)er (14th c.), a borrowing from Latin navigāre. Doublet of nager (“to swim”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na.vi.ɡe/
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Verb
naviguer
- (intransitive) to navigate
- (intransitive) to sail
- (Internet) to browse
- (Louisiana, Cajun) to steer an automobile
Conjugation
Conjugation of naviguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | naviguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | naviguant /na.vi.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | navigué /na.vi.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | navigue /na.viɡ/ |
navigues /na.viɡ/ |
navigue /na.viɡ/ |
naviguons /na.vi.ɡɔ̃/ |
naviguez /na.vi.ɡe/ |
naviguent /na.viɡ/ |
| imperfect | naviguais /na.vi.ɡɛ/ |
naviguais /na.vi.ɡɛ/ |
naviguait /na.vi.ɡɛ/ |
naviguions /na.vi.ɡjɔ̃/ |
naviguiez /na.vi.ɡje/ |
naviguaient /na.vi.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | naviguai /na.vi.ɡe/ |
naviguas /na.vi.ɡa/ |
navigua /na.vi.ɡa/ |
naviguâmes /na.vi.ɡam/ |
naviguâtes /na.vi.ɡat/ |
naviguèrent /na.vi.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | naviguerai /na.vi.ɡʁe/ |
navigueras /na.vi.ɡʁa/ |
naviguera /na.vi.ɡʁa/ |
naviguerons /na.vi.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
naviguerez /na.vi.ɡʁe/ |
navigueront /na.vi.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | naviguerais /na.vi.ɡʁɛ/ |
naviguerais /na.vi.ɡʁɛ/ |
naviguerait /na.vi.ɡʁɛ/ |
naviguerions /na.vi.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
navigueriez /na.vi.ɡə.ʁje/ |
navigueraient /na.vi.ɡʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | navigue /na.viɡ/ |
navigues /na.viɡ/ |
navigue /na.viɡ/ |
naviguions /na.vi.ɡjɔ̃/ |
naviguiez /na.vi.ɡje/ |
naviguent /na.viɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | naviguasse /na.vi.ɡas/ |
naviguasses /na.vi.ɡas/ |
naviguât /na.vi.ɡa/ |
naviguassions /na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
naviguassiez /na.vi.ɡa.sje/ |
naviguassent /na.vi.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | navigue /na.viɡ/ |
— | naviguons /na.vi.ɡɔ̃/ |
naviguez /na.vi.ɡe/ |
— | |
| 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
Further reading
- “naviguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.