périphraser
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
périphraser
- to periphrase
Conjugation
Conjugation of périphraser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | périphraser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | périphrasant /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | périphrasé /pe.ʁi.fʁa.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | périphrase /pe.ʁi.fʁaz/ |
périphrases /pe.ʁi.fʁaz/ |
périphrase /pe.ʁi.fʁaz/ |
périphrasons /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zɔ̃/ |
périphrasez /pe.ʁi.fʁa.ze/ |
périphrasent /pe.ʁi.fʁaz/ |
| imperfect | périphrasais /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zɛ/ |
périphrasais /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zɛ/ |
périphrasait /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zɛ/ |
périphrasions /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zjɔ̃/ |
périphrasiez /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zje/ |
périphrasaient /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | périphrasai /pe.ʁi.fʁa.ze/ |
périphrasas /pe.ʁi.fʁa.za/ |
périphrasa /pe.ʁi.fʁa.za/ |
périphrasâmes /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zam/ |
périphrasâtes /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zat/ |
périphrasèrent /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | périphraserai /pe.ʁi.fʁaz.ʁe/ |
périphraseras /pe.ʁi.fʁaz.ʁa/ |
périphrasera /pe.ʁi.fʁaz.ʁa/ |
périphraserons /pe.ʁi.fʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ |
périphraserez /pe.ʁi.fʁaz.ʁe/ |
périphraseront /pe.ʁi.fʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | périphraserais /pe.ʁi.fʁaz.ʁɛ/ |
périphraserais /pe.ʁi.fʁaz.ʁɛ/ |
périphraserait /pe.ʁi.fʁaz.ʁɛ/ |
périphraserions /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
périphraseriez /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zə.ʁje/ |
périphraseraient /pe.ʁi.fʁaz.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 | périphrase /pe.ʁi.fʁaz/ |
périphrases /pe.ʁi.fʁaz/ |
périphrase /pe.ʁi.fʁaz/ |
périphrasions /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zjɔ̃/ |
périphrasiez /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zje/ |
périphrasent /pe.ʁi.fʁaz/ |
| imperfect2 | périphrasasse /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zas/ |
périphrasasses /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zas/ |
périphrasât /pe.ʁi.fʁa.za/ |
périphrasassions /pe.ʁi.fʁa.za.sjɔ̃/ |
périphrasassiez /pe.ʁi.fʁa.za.sje/ |
périphrasassent /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | périphrase /pe.ʁi.fʁaz/ |
— | périphrasons /pe.ʁi.fʁa.zɔ̃/ |
périphrasez /pe.ʁi.fʁa.ze/ |
— | |
| 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
- “périphraser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.