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naitre
naitre
See also: naître
French
Verb
naitre
- Alternative spelling of naître
Conjugation
Conjugation of naitre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | naitre | être né | |||||
| gerund | en naissant | en étant né | |||||
| present participle | naissant /nɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | né /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 | nais /nɛ/ |
nais /nɛ/ |
nait /nɛ/ |
naissons /nɛ.sɔ̃/ |
naissez /nɛ.se/ |
naissent /nɛs/ |
| imperfect | naissais /nɛ.sɛ/ |
naissais /nɛ.sɛ/ |
naissait /nɛ.sɛ/ |
naissions /nɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
naissiez /nɛ.sje/ |
naissaient /nɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | naquis /na.ki/ |
naquis /na.ki/ |
naquit /na.ki/ |
naquîmes /na.kim/ |
naquîtes /na.kit/ |
naquirent /na.kiʁ/ |
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| future | naitrai /nɛ.tʁe/ |
naitras /nɛ.tʁa/ |
naitra /nɛ.tʁa/ |
naitrons /nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
naitrez /nɛ.tʁe/ |
naitront /nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | naitrais /nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
naitrais /nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
naitrait /nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
naitrions /nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
naitriez /nɛ.tʁi.je/ |
naitraient /nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | naisse /nɛs/ |
naisses /nɛs/ |
naisse /nɛs/ |
naissions /nɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
naissiez /nɛ.sje/ |
naissent /nɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
naquisse /na.kis/ |
naquisses /na.kis/ |
naquît /na.ki/ |
naquissions /na.ki.sjɔ̃/ |
naquissiez /na.ki.sje/ |
naquissent /na.kis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | nais /nɛ/ |
— | naissons /nɛ.sɔ̃/ |
naissez /nɛ.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Usage notes
This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.