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ternir
ternir
French
Verb
ternir
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 ternir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ternir | avoir terni | |||||
| gerund | en ternissant | en ayant terni | |||||
| present participle | ternissant /tɛʁ.ni.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | terni /tɛʁ.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 | ternis /tɛʁ.ni/ |
ternis /tɛʁ.ni/ |
ternit /tɛʁ.ni/ |
ternissons /tɛʁ.ni.sɔ̃/ |
ternissez /tɛʁ.ni.se/ |
ternissent /tɛʁ.nis/ |
| imperfect | ternissais /tɛʁ.ni.sɛ/ |
ternissais /tɛʁ.ni.sɛ/ |
ternissait /tɛʁ.ni.sɛ/ |
ternissions /tɛʁ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
ternissiez /tɛʁ.ni.sje/ |
ternissaient /tɛʁ.ni.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ternis /tɛʁ.ni/ |
ternis /tɛʁ.ni/ |
ternit /tɛʁ.ni/ |
ternîmes /tɛʁ.nim/ |
ternîtes /tɛʁ.nit/ |
ternirent /tɛʁ.niʁ/ |
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| future | ternirai /tɛʁ.ni.ʁe/ |
terniras /tɛʁ.ni.ʁa/ |
ternira /tɛʁ.ni.ʁa/ |
ternirons /tɛʁ.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
ternirez /tɛʁ.ni.ʁe/ |
terniront /tɛʁ.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ternirais /tɛʁ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
ternirais /tɛʁ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
ternirait /tɛʁ.ni.ʁɛ/ |
ternirions /tɛʁ.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ |
terniriez /tɛʁ.ni.ʁje/ |
terniraient /tɛʁ.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 | ternisse /tɛʁ.nis/ |
ternisses /tɛʁ.nis/ |
ternisse /tɛʁ.nis/ |
ternissions /tɛʁ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
ternissiez /tɛʁ.ni.sje/ |
ternissent /tɛʁ.nis/ |
| imperfect1 |
ternisse /tɛʁ.nis/ |
ternisses /tɛʁ.nis/ |
ternît /tɛʁ.ni/ |
ternissions /tɛʁ.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
ternissiez /tɛʁ.ni.sje/ |
ternissent /tɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — | ternis /tɛʁ.ni/ |
— | ternissons /tɛʁ.ni.sɔ̃/ |
ternissez /tɛʁ.ni.se/ |
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