intervertir
French
Etymology
From Latin intervertere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
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Verb
intervertir
- (transitive) to invert, reverse
- (transitive) to interchange
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of intervertir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | intervertir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | intervertissant /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | interverti /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | intervertis /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ |
intervertis /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ |
intervertit /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ |
intervertissons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
intervertissez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.se/ |
intervertissent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ |
| imperfect | intervertissais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
intervertissais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
intervertissait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ |
intervertissions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
intervertissiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sje/ |
intervertissaient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | intervertis /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ |
intervertis /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ |
intervertit /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ |
intervertîmes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tim/ |
intervertîtes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tit/ |
intervertirent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tiʁ/ | |
| future | intervertirai /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/ |
intervertiras /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/ |
intervertira /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/ |
intervertirons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
intervertirez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/ |
intervertiront /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | intervertirais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
intervertirais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
intervertirait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
intervertirions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
intervertiriez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁje/ |
intervertiraient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.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 | intervertisse /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ |
intervertisses /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ |
intervertisse /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ |
intervertissions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
intervertissiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sje/ |
intervertissent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ |
| imperfect2 | intervertisse /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ |
intervertisses /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ |
intervertît /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ |
intervertissions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
intervertissiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sje/ |
intervertissent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | intervertis /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ |
— | intervertissons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
intervertissez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.se/ |
— | |
| 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
- “intervertir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.