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jeuner
jeuner
French
Verb
jeuner
- Alternative form of jeûner
Conjugation
Conjugation of jeuner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | jeuner | avoir jeuné | |||||
| gerund | en jeunant | en ayant jeuné | |||||
| present participle | jeunant /ʒœ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | jeuné /ʒœ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | jeune /ʒœn/ |
jeunes /ʒœn/ |
jeune /ʒœn/ |
jeunons /ʒœ.nɔ̃/ |
jeunez /ʒœ.ne/ |
jeunent /ʒœn/ |
| imperfect | jeunais /ʒœ.nɛ/ |
jeunais /ʒœ.nɛ/ |
jeunait /ʒœ.nɛ/ |
jeunions /ʒœ.njɔ̃/ |
jeuniez /ʒœ.nje/ |
jeunaient /ʒœ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | jeunai /ʒœ.ne/ |
jeunas /ʒœ.na/ |
jeuna /ʒœ.na/ |
jeunâmes /ʒœ.nam/ |
jeunâtes /ʒœ.nat/ |
jeunèrent /ʒœ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | jeunerai /ʒœn.ʁe/ |
jeuneras /ʒœn.ʁa/ |
jeunera /ʒœn.ʁa/ |
jeunerons /ʒœn.ʁɔ̃/ |
jeunerez /ʒœn.ʁe/ |
jeuneront /ʒœn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | jeunerais /ʒœn.ʁɛ/ |
jeunerais /ʒœn.ʁɛ/ |
jeunerait /ʒœn.ʁɛ/ |
jeunerions /ʒœ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
jeuneriez /ʒœ.nə.ʁje/ |
jeuneraient /ʒœn.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 | jeune /ʒœn/ |
jeunes /ʒœn/ |
jeune /ʒœn/ |
jeunions /ʒœ.njɔ̃/ |
jeuniez /ʒœ.nje/ |
jeunent /ʒœn/ |
| imperfect1 |
jeunasse /ʒœ.nas/ |
jeunasses /ʒœ.nas/ |
jeunât /ʒœ.na/ |
jeunassions /ʒœ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
jeunassiez /ʒœ.na.sje/ |
jeunassent /ʒœ.nas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | jeune /ʒœn/ |
— | jeunons /ʒœ.nɔ̃/ |
jeunez /ʒœ.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Usage notes
- This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.
Old French
Alternative forms
- geuner
- juner
Etymology
From Latin iēiūno (“I fast”).
Verb
jeuner
- (intransitive) to fast (go without food voluntarily)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of jeuner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | jeuner | avoir jeuné | |||||
| gerund | en jeunant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | jeunant | ||||||
| past participle | jeuné | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | jeun | jeunes | jeune | jeunons | jeunez | jeunent |
| imperfect | jeunoie, jeuneie, jeunoe, jeuneve | jeunoies, jeuneies, jeunoes, jeuneves | jeunoit, jeuneit, jeunot, jeuneve | jeuniiens, jeuniens | jeuniiez, jeuniez | jeunoient, jeuneient, jeunoent, jeunevent | |
| preterite | jeunai | jeunas | jeuna | jeunames | jeunastes | jeunerent | |
| future | jeunerai | jeuneras | jeunera | jeunerons | jeuneroiz, jeunereiz, jeunerez | jeuneront | |
| conditional | jeuneroie, jeunereie | jeuneroies, jeunereies | jeuneroit, jeunereit | jeuneriiens, jeuneriens | jeuneriiez, jeuneriez | jeuneroient, jeunereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | jeun | jeuns | jeunt | jeunons | jeunez | jeunent |
| imperfect | jeunasse | jeunasses | jeunast | jeunissons, jeunissiens | jeunissoiz, jeunissez, jeunissiez | jeunassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | jeune | — | jeunons | jeunez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: jeûner