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jouer
jouer
See also: iouer
French
Verb
jouer
- to play (engage in games or play)
- to play (produce music from a musical instrument)
- to play (a role)
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of jouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | jouer | avoir joué | |||||
| gerund | en jouant | en ayant joué | |||||
| present participle | jouant /ʒwɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | joué /ʒwe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | joue /ʒu/ |
joues /ʒu/ |
joue /ʒu/ |
jouons /ʒwɔ̃/ |
jouez /ʒwe/ |
jouent /ʒu/ |
| imperfect | jouais /ʒwɛ/ |
jouais /ʒwɛ/ |
jouait /ʒwɛ/ |
jouions /ʒu.jɔ̃/ |
jouiez /ʒu.je/ |
jouaient /ʒwɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | jouai /ʒwe/ |
jouas /ʒwa/ |
joua /ʒwa/ |
jouâmes /ʒwam/ |
jouâtes /ʒwat/ |
jouèrent /ʒwɛʁ/ |
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| future | jouerai /ʒu.ʁe/ |
joueras /ʒu.ʁa/ |
jouera /ʒu.ʁa/ |
jouerons /ʒu.ʁɔ̃/ |
jouerez /ʒu.ʁe/ |
joueront /ʒu.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | jouerais /ʒu.ʁɛ/ |
jouerais /ʒu.ʁɛ/ |
jouerait /ʒu.ʁɛ/ |
jouerions /ʒu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
joueriez /ʒu.ʁje/ |
joueraient /ʒu.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 | joue /ʒu/ |
joues /ʒu/ |
joue /ʒu/ |
jouions /ʒu.jɔ̃/ |
jouiez /ʒu.je/ |
jouent /ʒu/ |
| imperfect1 |
jouasse /ʒwas/ |
jouasses /ʒwas/ |
jouât /ʒwa/ |
jouassions /ʒwa.sjɔ̃/ |
jouassiez /ʒwa.sje/ |
jouassent /ʒwas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | joue /ʒu/ |
— | jouons /ʒwɔ̃/ |
jouez /ʒwe/ |
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Norman
Etymology
From Old French joer, from Vulgar Latin *jocāre, *iocāre, from Latin iocārī, present active infinitive of iocor (“joke, jest; play”).
Pronunciation
Verb
jouer (gerund jouéthie or jouêthie or jouôthie)
- (Jersey) to play (engage in games or play)
- (Jersey, music, transitive, intransitive) to play (produce music from a musical instrument)
- (Jersey) to play (a role)
Synonyms
- sonner (“to play an instrument”)
Derived terms
Terms derived from jouer
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