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moderniser
moderniser
English
Noun
moderniser (plural modernisers)
- (British) Alternative spelling of modernizer
Related terms
French
Etymology
Verb
moderniser
- to modernize
Conjugation
  Conjugation of moderniser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | moderniser | avoir modernisé | |||||
| gerund | en modernisant | en ayant modernisé | |||||
| present participle | modernisant /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | modernisé /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.ze/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | modernise /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/ | modernises /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/ | modernise /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/ | modernisons /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɔ̃/ | modernisez /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.ze/ | modernisent /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/ | 
| imperfect | modernisais /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛ/ | modernisais /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛ/ | modernisait /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛ/ | modernisions /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zjɔ̃/ | modernisiez /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zje/ | modernisaient /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | modernisai /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.ze/ | modernisas /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za/ | modernisa /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za/ | modernisâmes /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zam/ | modernisâtes /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zat/ | modernisèrent /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | moderniserai /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁe/ | moderniseras /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁa/ | modernisera /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁa/ | moderniserons /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɔ̃/ | moderniserez /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁe/ | moderniseront /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | moderniserais /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/ | moderniserais /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/ | moderniserait /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/ | moderniserions /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | moderniseriez /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zə.ʁje/ | moderniseraient /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.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 | modernise /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/ | modernises /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/ | modernise /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/ | modernisions /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zjɔ̃/ | modernisiez /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zje/ | modernisent /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/ | 
| imperfect1 | modernisasse /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zas/ | modernisasses /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zas/ | modernisât /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za/ | modernisassions /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/ | modernisassiez /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za.sje/ | modernisassent /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | modernise /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/ | — | modernisons /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɔ̃/ | modernisez /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.ze/ | — | ||
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