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jaunir
jaunir
French
Verb
jaunir
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 jaunir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | jaunir | avoir jauni | |||||
| gerund | en jaunissant | en ayant jauni | |||||
| present participle | jaunissant /ʒo.ni.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | jauni /ʒo.ni/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | jaunis /ʒo.ni/ |
jaunis /ʒo.ni/ |
jaunit /ʒo.ni/ |
jaunissons /ʒo.ni.sɔ̃/ |
jaunissez /ʒo.ni.se/ |
jaunissent /ʒo.nis/ |
| imperfect | jaunissais /ʒo.ni.sɛ/ |
jaunissais /ʒo.ni.sɛ/ |
jaunissait /ʒo.ni.sɛ/ |
jaunissions /ʒo.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
jaunissiez /ʒo.ni.sje/ |
jaunissaient /ʒo.ni.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | jaunis /ʒo.ni/ |
jaunis /ʒo.ni/ |
jaunit /ʒo.ni/ |
jaunîmes /ʒo.nim/ |
jaunîtes /ʒo.nit/ |
jaunirent /ʒo.niʁ/ |
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| future | jaunirai /ʒo.ni.ʁe/ |
jauniras /ʒo.ni.ʁa/ |
jaunira /ʒo.ni.ʁa/ |
jaunirons /ʒo.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
jaunirez /ʒo.ni.ʁe/ |
jauniront /ʒo.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | jaunirais /ʒo.ni.ʁɛ/ |
jaunirais /ʒo.ni.ʁɛ/ |
jaunirait /ʒo.ni.ʁɛ/ |
jaunirions /ʒo.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ |
jauniriez /ʒo.ni.ʁje/ |
jauniraient /ʒo.ni.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 | jaunisse /ʒo.nis/ |
jaunisses /ʒo.nis/ |
jaunisse /ʒo.nis/ |
jaunissions /ʒo.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
jaunissiez /ʒo.ni.sje/ |
jaunissent /ʒo.nis/ |
| imperfect1 |
jaunisse /ʒo.nis/ |
jaunisses /ʒo.nis/ |
jaunît /ʒo.ni/ |
jaunissions /ʒo.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
jaunissiez /ʒo.ni.sje/ |
jaunissent /ʒo.nis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | jaunis /ʒo.ni/ |
— | jaunissons /ʒo.ni.sɔ̃/ |
jaunissez /ʒo.ni.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- jaunissage
- jaunissure