conjuguer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coniugāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ʒy.ɡe/

• Audio:

  (file)

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).

Related terms

• conjugaison
• joug
• subjuguer

Further reading

• “conjuguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.