positionner
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
positionner
- (transitive) to position
Verb
se positionner
- (reflexive) to position oneself, to prepare oneself
Conjugation
Conjugation of positionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | positionner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | positionnant /po.zi.sjɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | positionné /po.zi.sjɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | positionne /po.zi.sjɔn/ |
positionnes /po.zi.sjɔn/ |
positionne /po.zi.sjɔn/ |
positionnons /po.zi.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ |
positionnez /po.zi.sjɔ.ne/ |
positionnent /po.zi.sjɔn/ |
| imperfect | positionnais /po.zi.sjɔ.nɛ/ |
positionnais /po.zi.sjɔ.nɛ/ |
positionnait /po.zi.sjɔ.nɛ/ |
positionnions /po.zi.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ |
positionniez /po.zi.sjɔ.nje/ |
positionnaient /po.zi.sjɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | positionnai /po.zi.sjɔ.ne/ |
positionnas /po.zi.sjɔ.na/ |
positionna /po.zi.sjɔ.na/ |
positionnâmes /po.zi.sjɔ.nam/ |
positionnâtes /po.zi.sjɔ.nat/ |
positionnèrent /po.zi.sjɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | positionnerai /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁe/ |
positionneras /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁa/ |
positionnera /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁa/ |
positionnerons /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
positionnerez /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁe/ |
positionneront /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | positionnerais /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ |
positionnerais /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ |
positionnerait /po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ |
positionnerions /po.zi.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
positionneriez /po.zi.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
positionneraient /po.zi.sjɔn.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 | positionne /po.zi.sjɔn/ |
positionnes /po.zi.sjɔn/ |
positionne /po.zi.sjɔn/ |
positionnions /po.zi.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ |
positionniez /po.zi.sjɔ.nje/ |
positionnent /po.zi.sjɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | positionnasse /po.zi.sjɔ.nas/ |
positionnasses /po.zi.sjɔ.nas/ |
positionnât /po.zi.sjɔ.na/ |
positionnassions /po.zi.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
positionnassiez /po.zi.sjɔ.na.sje/ |
positionnassent /po.zi.sjɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | positionne /po.zi.sjɔn/ |
— | positionnons /po.zi.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ |
positionnez /po.zi.sjɔ.ne/ |
— | |
| 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
- “positionner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.