cousiner
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
cousiner
Usage notes
This suggest having a relationship akin to one shared by cousins.
Conjugation
Conjugation of cousiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cousiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cousinant /ku.zi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cousiné /ku.zi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cousine /ku.zin/ |
cousines /ku.zin/ |
cousine /ku.zin/ |
cousinons /ku.zi.nɔ̃/ |
cousinez /ku.zi.ne/ |
cousinent /ku.zin/ |
| imperfect | cousinais /ku.zi.nɛ/ |
cousinais /ku.zi.nɛ/ |
cousinait /ku.zi.nɛ/ |
cousinions /ku.zi.njɔ̃/ |
cousiniez /ku.zi.nje/ |
cousinaient /ku.zi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cousinai /ku.zi.ne/ |
cousinas /ku.zi.na/ |
cousina /ku.zi.na/ |
cousinâmes /ku.zi.nam/ |
cousinâtes /ku.zi.nat/ |
cousinèrent /ku.zi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | cousinerai /ku.zin.ʁe/ |
cousineras /ku.zin.ʁa/ |
cousinera /ku.zin.ʁa/ |
cousinerons /ku.zin.ʁɔ̃/ |
cousinerez /ku.zin.ʁe/ |
cousineront /ku.zin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cousinerais /ku.zin.ʁɛ/ |
cousinerais /ku.zin.ʁɛ/ |
cousinerait /ku.zin.ʁɛ/ |
cousinerions /ku.zi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cousineriez /ku.zi.nə.ʁje/ |
cousineraient /ku.zin.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 | cousine /ku.zin/ |
cousines /ku.zin/ |
cousine /ku.zin/ |
cousinions /ku.zi.njɔ̃/ |
cousiniez /ku.zi.nje/ |
cousinent /ku.zin/ |
| imperfect2 | cousinasse /ku.zi.nas/ |
cousinasses /ku.zi.nas/ |
cousinât /ku.zi.na/ |
cousinassions /ku.zi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
cousinassiez /ku.zi.na.sje/ |
cousinassent /ku.zi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cousine /ku.zin/ |
— | cousinons /ku.zi.nɔ̃/ |
cousinez /ku.zi.ne/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “cousiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.