conjuguer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coniugāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡe/
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Verb

conjuguer

  1. (grammar) to conjugate
  2. (rare) to unite, to tie together

Conjugation
Conjugation of conjuguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple conjuguer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple conjuguant
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle conjugué
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present conjugue
/kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/		 conjugues
/kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/		 conjugue
/kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/		 conjuguons
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɔ̃/		 conjuguez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡe/		 conjuguent
/kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/
imperfect conjuguais
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɛ/		 conjuguais
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɛ/		 conjuguait
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɛ/		 conjuguions
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡjɔ̃/		 conjuguiez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡje/		 conjuguaient
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɛ/
past historic2 conjuguai
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡe/		 conjuguas
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡa/		 conjugua
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡa/		 conjuguâmes
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡam/		 conjuguâtes
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡat/		 conjuguèrent
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɛʁ/
future conjuguerai
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁe/		 conjugueras
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁa/		 conjuguera
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁa/		 conjuguerons
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɔ̃/		 conjuguerez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁe/		 conjugueront
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɔ̃/
conditional conjuguerais
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/		 conjuguerais
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/		 conjuguerait
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/		 conjuguerions
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/		 conjugueriez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡə.ʁje/		 conjugueraient
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡʁɛ/
(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 conjugue
/kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/		 conjugues
/kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/		 conjugue
/kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/		 conjuguions
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡjɔ̃/		 conjuguiez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡje/		 conjuguent
/kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/
imperfect2 conjuguasse
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡas/		 conjuguasses
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡas/		 conjuguât
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡa/		 conjuguassions
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡa.sjɔ̃/		 conjuguassiez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡa.sje/		 conjuguassent
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — conjugue
/kɔ̃.ʒyɡ/		 — conjuguons
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡɔ̃/		 conjuguez
/kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡe/		 —
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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