adjectiver

French

Pronunciation

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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