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illustrer
illustrer
French
Verb
illustrer
- to illustrate
Conjugation
Conjugation of illustrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | illustrer | avoir illustré | |||||
| gerund | en illustrant | en ayant illustré | |||||
| present participle | illustrant /i.lys.tʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | illustré /i.lys.tʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | illustre /i.lystʁ/ |
illustres /i.lystʁ/ |
illustre /i.lystʁ/ |
illustrons /i.lys.tʁɔ̃/ |
illustrez /i.lys.tʁe/ |
illustrent /i.lystʁ/ |
| imperfect | illustrais /i.lys.tʁɛ/ |
illustrais /i.lys.tʁɛ/ |
illustrait /i.lys.tʁɛ/ |
illustrions /i.lys.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
illustriez /i.lys.tʁi.je/ |
illustraient /i.lys.tʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | illustrai /i.lys.tʁe/ |
illustras /i.lys.tʁa/ |
illustra /i.lys.tʁa/ |
illustrâmes /i.lys.tʁam/ |
illustrâtes /i.lys.tʁat/ |
illustrèrent /i.lys.tʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | illustrerai /i.lys.tʁə.ʁe/ |
illustreras /i.lys.tʁə.ʁa/ |
illustrera /i.lys.tʁə.ʁa/ |
illustrerons /i.lys.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
illustrerez /i.lys.tʁə.ʁe/ |
illustreront /i.lys.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | illustrerais /i.lys.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
illustrerais /i.lys.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
illustrerait /i.lys.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
illustrerions /i.lys.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
illustreriez /i.lys.tʁə.ʁje/ |
illustreraient /i.lys.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | illustre /i.lystʁ/ |
illustres /i.lystʁ/ |
illustre /i.lystʁ/ |
illustrions /i.lys.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
illustriez /i.lys.tʁi.je/ |
illustrent /i.lystʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
illustrasse /i.lys.tʁas/ |
illustrasses /i.lys.tʁas/ |
illustrât /i.lys.tʁa/ |
illustrassions /i.lys.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
illustrassiez /i.lys.tʁa.sje/ |
illustrassent /i.lys.tʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | illustre /i.lystʁ/ |
— | illustrons /i.lys.tʁɔ̃/ |
illustrez /i.lys.tʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||