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constituer
constituer
French
Verb
constituer
- to constitute
- to make up
- (reflexive) to build up
Conjugation
  Conjugation of constituer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | constituer | avoir constitué | |||||
| gerund | en constituant | en ayant constitué | |||||
| present participle | constituant /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | constitué /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | constitue /kɔ̃s.ti.ty/ | constitues /kɔ̃s.ti.ty/ | constitue /kɔ̃s.ti.ty/ | constituons /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɔ̃/ | constituez /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe/ | constituent /kɔ̃s.ti.ty/ | 
| imperfect | constituais /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɛ/ | constituais /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɛ/ | constituait /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɛ/ | constituions /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.jɔ̃/ | constituiez /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.je/ | constituaient /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | constituai /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe/ | constituas /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥa/ | constitua /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥa/ | constituâmes /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥam/ | constituâtes /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥat/ | constituèrent /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | constituerai /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁe/ | constitueras /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁa/ | constituera /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁa/ | constituerons /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁɔ̃/ | constituerez /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁe/ | constitueront /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | constituerais /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁɛ/ | constituerais /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁɛ/ | constituerait /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁɛ/ | constituerions /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁjɔ̃/ | constitueriez /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁje/ | constitueraient /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses | present | constitue /kɔ̃s.ti.ty/ | constitues /kɔ̃s.ti.ty/ | constitue /kɔ̃s.ti.ty/ | constituions /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.jɔ̃/ | constituiez /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.je/ | constituent /kɔ̃s.ti.ty/ | 
| imperfect1 | constituasse /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥas/ | constituasses /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥas/ | constituât /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥa/ | constituassions /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥa.sjɔ̃/ | constituassiez /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥa.sje/ | constituassent /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥas/ | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | constitue /kɔ̃s.ti.ty/ | — | constituons /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɔ̃/ | constituez /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe/ | — | ||
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