pratiquer

French

Etymology

From pratique +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁa.ti.ke/
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Verb

pratiquer

  1. (transitive) to do; to practise

Conjugation

Conjugation of pratiquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pratiquer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pratiquant
/pʁa.ti.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pratiqué
/pʁa.ti.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pratique
/pʁa.tik/ 		pratiques
/pʁa.tik/ 		pratique
/pʁa.tik/ 		pratiquons
/pʁa.ti.kɔ̃/ 		pratiquez
/pʁa.ti.ke/ 		pratiquent
/pʁa.tik/
imperfect pratiquais
/pʁa.ti.kɛ/ 		pratiquais
/pʁa.ti.kɛ/ 		pratiquait
/pʁa.ti.kɛ/ 		pratiquions
/pʁa.ti.kjɔ̃/ 		pratiquiez
/pʁa.ti.kje/ 		pratiquaient
/pʁa.ti.kɛ/
past historic2 pratiquai
/pʁa.ti.ke/ 		pratiquas
/pʁa.ti.ka/ 		pratiqua
/pʁa.ti.ka/ 		pratiquâmes
/pʁa.ti.kam/ 		pratiquâtes
/pʁa.ti.kat/ 		pratiquèrent
/pʁa.ti.kɛʁ/
future pratiquerai
/pʁa.ti.kʁe/ 		pratiqueras
/pʁa.ti.kʁa/ 		pratiquera
/pʁa.ti.kʁa/ 		pratiquerons
/pʁa.ti.kʁɔ̃/ 		pratiquerez
/pʁa.ti.kʁe/ 		pratiqueront
/pʁa.ti.kʁɔ̃/
conditional pratiquerais
/pʁa.ti.kʁɛ/ 		pratiquerais
/pʁa.ti.kʁɛ/ 		pratiquerait
/pʁa.ti.kʁɛ/ 		pratiquerions
/pʁa.ti.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pratiqueriez
/pʁa.ti.kə.ʁje/ 		pratiqueraient
/pʁa.ti.kʁɛ/
(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 pratique
/pʁa.tik/ 		pratiques
/pʁa.tik/ 		pratique
/pʁa.tik/ 		pratiquions
/pʁa.ti.kjɔ̃/ 		pratiquiez
/pʁa.ti.kje/ 		pratiquent
/pʁa.tik/
imperfect2 pratiquasse
/pʁa.ti.kas/ 		pratiquasses
/pʁa.ti.kas/ 		pratiquât
/pʁa.ti.ka/ 		pratiquassions
/pʁa.ti.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		pratiquassiez
/pʁa.ti.ka.sje/ 		pratiquassent
/pʁa.ti.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pratique
/pʁa.tik/ 		— pratiquons
/pʁa.ti.kɔ̃/ 		pratiquez
/pʁa.ti.ke/ 		—
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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