adjectiver

French

Pronunciation
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Verb

adjectiver

  1. to adjectivize

Conjugation
Conjugation of adjectiver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple adjectiver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple adjectivant
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle adjectivé
/a.dʒɛk.ti.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present adjective
/a.dʒɛk.tiv/		 adjectives
/a.dʒɛk.tiv/		 adjective
/a.dʒɛk.tiv/		 adjectivons
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vɔ̃/		 adjectivez
/a.dʒɛk.ti.ve/		 adjectivent
/a.dʒɛk.tiv/
imperfect adjectivais
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vɛ/		 adjectivais
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vɛ/		 adjectivait
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vɛ/		 adjectivions
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vjɔ̃/		 adjectiviez
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vje/		 adjectivaient
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vɛ/
past historic2 adjectivai
/a.dʒɛk.ti.ve/		 adjectivas
/a.dʒɛk.ti.va/		 adjectiva
/a.dʒɛk.ti.va/		 adjectivâmes
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vam/		 adjectivâtes
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vat/		 adjectivèrent
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vɛʁ/
future adjectiverai
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁe/		 adjectiveras
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁa/		 adjectivera
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁa/		 adjectiverons
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁɔ̃/		 adjectiverez
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁe/		 adjectiveront
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁɔ̃/
conditional adjectiverais
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁɛ/		 adjectiverais
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁɛ/		 adjectiverait
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁɛ/		 adjectiverions
/a.dʒɛk.ti.və.ʁjɔ̃/		 adjectiveriez
/a.dʒɛk.ti.və.ʁje/		 adjectiveraient
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vʁɛ/
(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 adjective
/a.dʒɛk.tiv/		 adjectives
/a.dʒɛk.tiv/		 adjective
/a.dʒɛk.tiv/		 adjectivions
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vjɔ̃/		 adjectiviez
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vje/		 adjectivent
/a.dʒɛk.tiv/
imperfect2 adjectivasse
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vas/		 adjectivasses
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vas/		 adjectivât
/a.dʒɛk.ti.va/		 adjectivassions
/a.dʒɛk.ti.va.sjɔ̃/		 adjectivassiez
/a.dʒɛk.ti.va.sje/		 adjectivassent
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — adjective
/a.dʒɛk.tiv/		 — adjectivons
/a.dʒɛk.ti.vɔ̃/		 adjectivez
/a.dʒɛk.ti.ve/		 —
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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