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recommander
recommander
French
Verb
recommander
Conjugation
Conjugation of recommander (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | recommander | avoir recommandé | |||||
| gerund | en recommandant | en ayant recommandé | |||||
| present participle | recommandant /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | recommandé /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | recommande /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/ |
recommandes /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/ |
recommande /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/ |
recommandons /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
recommandez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de/ |
recommandent /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | recommandais /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
recommandais /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
recommandait /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
recommandions /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
recommandiez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dje/ |
recommandaient /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | recommandai /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de/ |
recommandas /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.da/ |
recommanda /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.da/ |
recommandâmes /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dam/ |
recommandâtes /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dat/ |
recommandèrent /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | recommanderai /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁe/ |
recommanderas /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁa/ |
recommandera /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁa/ |
recommanderons /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
recommanderez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁe/ |
recommanderont /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | recommanderais /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
recommanderais /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
recommanderait /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
recommanderions /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
recommanderiez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.də.ʁje/ |
recommanderaient /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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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 | recommande /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/ |
recommandes /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/ |
recommande /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/ |
recommandions /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
recommandiez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dje/ |
recommandent /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect1 |
recommandasse /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.das/ |
recommandasses /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.das/ |
recommandât /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.da/ |
recommandassions /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ |
recommandassiez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.da.sje/ |
recommandassent /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.das/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | recommande /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/ |
— | recommandons /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
recommandez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Verb
recommander
- to have a favorable opinion (of)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of recommander
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | recommander | avoir recommandé | |||||
| gerund | en recommandant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | recommandant | ||||||
| past participle | recommandé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | recommande | recommandes | recommande | recommandons | recommandez | recommandent |
| imperfect | recommandois, recommandoys | recommandois, recommandoys | recommandoit, recommandoyt | recommandions, recommandyons | recommandiez, recommandyez | recommandoient, recommandoyent | |
| past historic | recommanda | recommandas | recommanda | recommandasmes | recommandastes | recommanderent | |
| future | recommanderai, recommanderay | recommanderas | recommandera | recommanderons | recommanderez | recommanderont | |
| conditional | recommanderois, recommanderoys | recommanderois, recommanderoys | recommanderoit, recommanderoyt | recommanderions, recommanderyons | recommanderiez, recommanderyez | recommanderoient, recommanderoyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | recommande | recommandes | recommande | recommandons | recommandez | recommandent |
| imperfect | recommandasse | recommandasses | recommandast | recommandassions | recommandassiez | recommandassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | recommande | — | recommandons | recommandez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: recommander