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distinguer
distinguer
French
Verb
distinguer
- to distinguish
- (reflexive) to be distinguished
Conjugation
Conjugation of distinguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | distinguer | avoir distingué | |||||
| gerund | en distinguant | en ayant distingué | |||||
| present participle | distinguant /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | distingué /dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | distingue /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ |
distingues /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ |
distingue /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ |
distinguons /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ |
distinguez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/ |
distinguent /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ |
| imperfect | distinguais /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛ/ |
distinguais /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛ/ |
distinguait /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛ/ |
distinguions /dis.tɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ |
distinguiez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡje/ |
distinguaient /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | distinguai /dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/ |
distinguas /dis.tɛ̃.ɡa/ |
distingua /dis.tɛ̃.ɡa/ |
distinguâmes /dis.tɛ̃.ɡam/ |
distinguâtes /dis.tɛ̃.ɡat/ |
distinguèrent /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛʁ/ |
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| future | distinguerai /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁe/ |
distingueras /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁa/ |
distinguera /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁa/ |
distinguerons /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
distinguerez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁe/ |
distingueront /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | distinguerais /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
distinguerais /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
distinguerait /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
distinguerions /dis.tɛ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
distingueriez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡə.ʁje/ |
distingueraient /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | distingue /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ |
distingues /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ |
distingue /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ |
distinguions /dis.tɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ |
distinguiez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡje/ |
distinguent /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ |
| imperfect1 |
distinguasse /dis.tɛ̃.ɡas/ |
distinguasses /dis.tɛ̃.ɡas/ |
distinguât /dis.tɛ̃.ɡa/ |
distinguassions /dis.tɛ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
distinguassiez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡa.sje/ |
distinguassent /dis.tɛ̃.ɡas/ |
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| 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 | – | |
| — | distingue /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ |
— | distinguons /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ |
distinguez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/ |
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Interlingua
Verb
distinguer
- to distinguish
Conjugation
Conjugation of “distinguer”
| Nominal forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | distinguer | ||
| Present | Perfect | ||
| Participles | distinguente | distinguite | |
| Personal forms | |||
| Simple | Perfect | ||
| Active voice | Present | distingue | ha distinguite |
| Past | distingueva | habeva distinguite | |
| Future | distinguera | habera distinguite | |
| Conditional | distinguerea | haberea distinguite | |
| Imperative | distingue | -- | |
| Passive voice | Present | es distinguite | ha essite distinguite |
| Past | esseva distinguite | habeva essite distinguite | |
| Future | essera distinguite | habera essite distinguite | |
| Conditional | esserea distinguite | haberea essite distinguite | |
| Imperative | sia distinguite | -- | |