positionner

French

Etymology

From position +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

positionner

  1. (transitive) to position

Verb

se positionner

  1. (reflexive) to position oneself, to prepare oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of positionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple positionner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple positionnant
/po.zi.sjɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle positionné
/po.zi.sjɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present positionne
/po.zi.sjɔn/ 		positionnes
/po.zi.sjɔn/ 		positionne
/po.zi.sjɔn/ 		positionnons
/po.zi.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ 		positionnez
/po.zi.sjɔ.ne/ 		positionnent
/po.zi.sjɔn/
imperfect positionnais
/po.zi.sjɔ.nɛ/ 		positionnais
/po.zi.sjɔ.nɛ/ 		positionnait
/po.zi.sjɔ.nɛ/ 		positionnions
/po.zi.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ 		positionniez
/po.zi.sjɔ.nje/ 		positionnaient
/po.zi.sjɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 positionnai
/po.zi.sjɔ.ne/ 		positionnas
/po.zi.sjɔ.na/ 		positionna
/po.zi.sjɔ.na/ 		positionnâmes
/po.zi.sjɔ.nam/ 		positionnâtes
/po.zi.sjɔ.nat/ 		positionnèrent
/po.zi.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
future positionnerai
/po.zi.sjɔn.ʁe/ 		positionneras
/po.zi.sjɔn.ʁa/ 		positionnera
/po.zi.sjɔn.ʁa/ 		positionnerons
/po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		positionnerez
/po.zi.sjɔn.ʁe/ 		positionneront
/po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional positionnerais
/po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ 		positionnerais
/po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ 		positionnerait
/po.zi.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ 		positionnerions
/po.zi.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		positionneriez
/po.zi.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		positionneraient
/po.zi.sjɔn.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 positionne
/po.zi.sjɔn/ 		positionnes
/po.zi.sjɔn/ 		positionne
/po.zi.sjɔn/ 		positionnions
/po.zi.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ 		positionniez
/po.zi.sjɔ.nje/ 		positionnent
/po.zi.sjɔn/
imperfect2 positionnasse
/po.zi.sjɔ.nas/ 		positionnasses
/po.zi.sjɔ.nas/ 		positionnât
/po.zi.sjɔ.na/ 		positionnassions
/po.zi.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		positionnassiez
/po.zi.sjɔ.na.sje/ 		positionnassent
/po.zi.sjɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — positionne
/po.zi.sjɔn/ 		— positionnons
/po.zi.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ 		positionnez
/po.zi.sjɔ.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:
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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