commuer
French
Etymology
From Latin commutare, under influence of French muer.[1]
Pronunciation
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Verb
commuer
Conjugation
Conjugation of commuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | commuer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | commuant /kɔ.mɥɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | commué /kɔ.mɥe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | commue /kɔ.my/ |
commues /kɔ.my/ |
commue /kɔ.my/ |
commuons /kɔ.mɥɔ̃/ |
commuez /kɔ.mɥe/ |
commuent /kɔ.my/ |
| imperfect | commuais /kɔ.mɥɛ/ |
commuais /kɔ.mɥɛ/ |
commuait /kɔ.mɥɛ/ |
commuions /kɔ.my.jɔ̃/ |
commuiez /kɔ.my.je/ |
commuaient /kɔ.mɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | commuai /kɔ.mɥe/ |
commuas /kɔ.mɥa/ |
commua /kɔ.mɥa/ |
commuâmes /kɔ.mɥam/ |
commuâtes /kɔ.mɥat/ |
commuèrent /kɔ.mɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | commuerai /kɔ.my.ʁe/ |
commueras /kɔ.my.ʁa/ |
commuera /kɔ.my.ʁa/ |
commuerons /kɔ.my.ʁɔ̃/ |
commuerez /kɔ.my.ʁe/ |
commueront /kɔ.my.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | commuerais /kɔ.my.ʁɛ/ |
commuerais /kɔ.my.ʁɛ/ |
commuerait /kɔ.my.ʁɛ/ |
commuerions /kɔ.my.ʁjɔ̃/ |
commueriez /kɔ.my.ʁje/ |
commueraient /kɔ.my.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | commue /kɔ.my/ |
commues /kɔ.my/ |
commue /kɔ.my/ |
commuions /kɔ.my.jɔ̃/ |
commuiez /kɔ.my.je/ |
commuent /kɔ.my/ |
| imperfect2 | commuasse /kɔ.mɥas/ |
commuasses /kɔ.mɥas/ |
commuât /kɔ.mɥa/ |
commuassions /kɔ.mɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
commuassiez /kɔ.mɥa.sje/ |
commuassent /kɔ.mɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | commue /kɔ.my/ |
— | commuons /kɔ.mɥɔ̃/ |
commuez /kɔ.mɥe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
References
- ^ Picoche, Jacqueline with Jean-Claude Rolland (2009), “muer”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert
Further reading
- “commuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.