personnifier

French

Etymology

From personne +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fje/
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Verb

personnifier

  1. (transitive) to personify

Usage notes

Not to be confused with personnaliser.

Conjugation

Conjugation of personnifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple personnifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple personnifiant
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle personnifié
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present personnifie
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi/ 		personnifies
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi/ 		personnifie
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi/ 		personnifions
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/ 		personnifiez
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fje/ 		personnifient
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi/
imperfect personnifiais
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjɛ/ 		personnifiais
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjɛ/ 		personnifiait
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjɛ/ 		personnifiions
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/ 		personnifiiez
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.je/ 		personnifiaient
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjɛ/
past historic2 personnifiai
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fje/ 		personnifias
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fja/ 		personnifia
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fja/ 		personnifiâmes
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjam/ 		personnifiâtes
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjat/ 		personnifièrent
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjɛʁ/
future personnifierai
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/ 		personnifieras
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/ 		personnifiera
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/ 		personnifierons
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		personnifierez
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/ 		personnifieront
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional personnifierais
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ 		personnifierais
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ 		personnifierait
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ 		personnifierions
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		personnifieriez
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.ʁje/ 		personnifieraient
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.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 personnifie
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi/ 		personnifies
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi/ 		personnifie
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi/ 		personnifiions
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/ 		personnifiiez
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi.je/ 		personnifient
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi/
imperfect2 personnifiasse
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjas/ 		personnifiasses
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjas/ 		personnifiât
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fja/ 		personnifiassions
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		personnifiassiez
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fja.sje/ 		personnifiassent
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — personnifie
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fi/ 		— personnifions
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/ 		personnifiez
/pɛʁ.sɔ.ni.fje/ 		—
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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