continuer
See also: continnuer
English
Noun
continuer (plural continuers)
- One who, or that which, continues.
- 2014, Peter Perciles Trifonas, Themistoklis Aravossitas, Rethinking Heritage Language Education (page 71)
- Under the current CCAFL scheme, syllabuses are developed at three levels: beginners, continuers (second language) and background/first language speakers […]
- 2014, Peter Perciles Trifonas, Themistoklis Aravossitas, Rethinking Heritage Language Education (page 71)
- (linguistics) A word or phrase interjected by the listener to indicate that he/she is listening to the speaker.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin continuāre, present active infinitive of continuō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/
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Usage notes
- When followed by an infinitive, à is placed between continuer and the infinitive: Il continue à me déranger.
Conjugation
Conjugation of continuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | continuant /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | continué /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | continuer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | continuant /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɑ̃/ | ||||||
| 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 | continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continues /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continuons /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃/ |
continuez /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ |
continuent /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
| imperfect | continuais /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ |
continuais /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ |
continuait /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ |
continuions /kɔ̃.ti.ny.jɔ̃/ |
continuiez /kɔ̃.ti.ny.je/ |
continuaient /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | continuai /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ |
continuas /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/ |
continua /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/ |
continuâmes /kɔ̃.ti.nɥam/ |
continuâtes /kɔ̃.ti.nɥat/ |
continuèrent /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | continuerai /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁe/ |
continueras /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁa/ |
continuera /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁa/ |
continuerons /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɔ̃/ |
continuerez /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁe/ |
continueront /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | continuerais /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ |
continuerais /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ |
continuerait /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ |
continuerions /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁjɔ̃/ |
continueriez /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁje/ |
continueraient /kɔ̃.ti.ny.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 | continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continues /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continuions /kɔ̃.ti.ny.jɔ̃/ |
continuiez /kɔ̃.ti.ny.je/ |
continuent /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
| imperfect2 | continuasse /kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/ |
continuasses /kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/ |
continuât /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/ |
continuassions /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
continuassiez /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sje/ |
continuassent /kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
— | continuons /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃/ |
continuez /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
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Further reading
- “continuer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
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