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cogiter
cogiter
French
Verb
cogiter
- to cogitate, think about
Conjugation
Conjugation of cogiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | cogiter | avoir cogité | |||||
| gerund | en cogitant | en ayant cogité | |||||
| present participle | cogitant /kɔ.ʒi.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | cogité /kɔ.ʒi.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cogite /kɔ.ʒit/ |
cogites /kɔ.ʒit/ |
cogite /kɔ.ʒit/ |
cogitons /kɔ.ʒi.tɔ̃/ |
cogitez /kɔ.ʒi.te/ |
cogitent /kɔ.ʒit/ |
| imperfect | cogitais /kɔ.ʒi.tɛ/ |
cogitais /kɔ.ʒi.tɛ/ |
cogitait /kɔ.ʒi.tɛ/ |
cogitions /kɔ.ʒi.tjɔ̃/ |
cogitiez /kɔ.ʒi.tje/ |
cogitaient /kɔ.ʒi.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | cogitai /kɔ.ʒi.te/ |
cogitas /kɔ.ʒi.ta/ |
cogita /kɔ.ʒi.ta/ |
cogitâmes /kɔ.ʒi.tam/ |
cogitâtes /kɔ.ʒi.tat/ |
cogitèrent /kɔ.ʒi.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | cogiterai /kɔ.ʒi.tʁe/ |
cogiteras /kɔ.ʒi.tʁa/ |
cogitera /kɔ.ʒi.tʁa/ |
cogiterons /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɔ̃/ |
cogiterez /kɔ.ʒi.tʁe/ |
cogiteront /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | cogiterais /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/ |
cogiterais /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/ |
cogiterait /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/ |
cogiterions /kɔ.ʒi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cogiteriez /kɔ.ʒi.tə.ʁje/ |
cogiteraient /kɔ.ʒi.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | cogite /kɔ.ʒit/ |
cogites /kɔ.ʒit/ |
cogite /kɔ.ʒit/ |
cogitions /kɔ.ʒi.tjɔ̃/ |
cogitiez /kɔ.ʒi.tje/ |
cogitent /kɔ.ʒit/ |
| imperfect1 |
cogitasse /kɔ.ʒi.tas/ |
cogitasses /kɔ.ʒi.tas/ |
cogitât /kɔ.ʒi.ta/ |
cogitassions /kɔ.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
cogitassiez /kɔ.ʒi.ta.sje/ |
cogitassent /kɔ.ʒi.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | cogite /kɔ.ʒit/ |
— | cogitons /kɔ.ʒi.tɔ̃/ |
cogitez /kɔ.ʒi.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||