ajourner
French
Etymology
From Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jorn (nome) (“to an (appointed) day”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʒuʁ.ne/
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Conjugation
Conjugation of ajourner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | ajournant /a.ʒuʁ.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | ajourné /a.ʒuʁ.ne/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | ajourner | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | ajournant /a.ʒuʁ.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ajourne /a.ʒuʁn/ |
ajournes /a.ʒuʁn/ |
ajourne /a.ʒuʁn/ |
ajournons /a.ʒuʁ.nɔ̃/ |
ajournez /a.ʒuʁ.ne/ |
ajournent /a.ʒuʁn/ |
| imperfect | ajournais /a.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ |
ajournais /a.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ |
ajournait /a.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ |
ajournions /a.ʒuʁ.njɔ̃/ |
ajourniez /a.ʒuʁ.nje/ |
ajournaient /a.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ajournai /a.ʒuʁ.ne/ |
ajournas /a.ʒuʁ.na/ |
ajourna /a.ʒuʁ.na/ |
ajournâmes /a.ʒuʁ.nam/ |
ajournâtes /a.ʒuʁ.nat/ |
ajournèrent /a.ʒuʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | ajournerai /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
ajourneras /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
ajournera /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
ajournerons /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
ajournerez /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
ajourneront /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ajournerais /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
ajournerais /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
ajournerait /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
ajournerions /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ajourneriez /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
ajourneraient /a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ajourne /a.ʒuʁn/ |
ajournes /a.ʒuʁn/ |
ajourne /a.ʒuʁn/ |
ajournions /a.ʒuʁ.njɔ̃/ |
ajourniez /a.ʒuʁ.nje/ |
ajournent /a.ʒuʁn/ |
| imperfect2 | ajournasse /a.ʒuʁ.nas/ |
ajournasses /a.ʒuʁ.nas/ |
ajournât /a.ʒuʁ.na/ |
ajournassions /a.ʒuʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
ajournassiez /a.ʒuʁ.na.sje/ |
ajournassent /a.ʒuʁ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ajourne /a.ʒuʁn/ |
— | ajournons /a.ʒuʁ.nɔ̃/ |
ajournez /a.ʒuʁ.ne/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “ajourner” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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