converser
English
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.se/
Conjugation
Conjugation of converser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | conversant /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | conversé /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | converser | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | conversant /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| 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 | converse /kɔ̃.vɛʁs/ |
converses /kɔ̃.vɛʁs/ |
converse /kɔ̃.vɛʁs/ |
conversons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
conversez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.se/ |
conversent /kɔ̃.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | conversais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
conversais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
conversait /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
conversions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
conversiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sje/ |
conversaient /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | conversai /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.se/ |
conversas /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sa/ |
conversa /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sa/ |
conversâmes /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sam/ |
conversâtes /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sat/ |
conversèrent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | converserai /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
converseras /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
conversera /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
converserons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
converserez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
converseront /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | converserais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
converserais /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
converserait /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
converserions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
converseriez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
converseraient /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sə.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 | converse /kɔ̃.vɛʁs/ |
converses /kɔ̃.vɛʁs/ |
converse /kɔ̃.vɛʁs/ |
conversions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
conversiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sje/ |
conversent /kɔ̃.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | conversasse /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sas/ |
conversasses /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sas/ |
conversât /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sa/ |
conversassions /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
conversassiez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
conversassent /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | converse /kɔ̃.vɛʁs/ |
— | conversons /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
conversez /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.se/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “converser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Old French
Verb
converser
- to converse (discuss; talk; speak)
- circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Cligès':
- Ce fut fantosme, se devient, qui antre nos a conversé
- This was a ghost, it turns out, who spoke among us
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of converser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | converser | avoir conversé | |||||
| gerund | en conversant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | conversant | ||||||
| past participle | conversé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | convers | converses | converse | conversons | conversez | conversent |
| imperfect | conversoie, converseie, conversoe, converseve | conversoies, converseies, conversoes, converseves | conversoit, converseit, conversot, converseve | conversiiens, conversiens | conversiiez, conversiez | conversoient, converseient, conversoent, conversevent | |
| preterite | conversai | conversas | conversa | conversames | conversastes | converserent | |
| future | converserai | converseras | conversera | converserons | converseroiz, conversereiz, converserez | converseront | |
| conditional | converseroie, conversereie | converseroies, conversereies | converseroit, conversereit | converseriiens, converseriens | converseriiez, converseriez | converseroient, conversereient | |
| 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 preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | convers | convers | converst | conversons | conversez | conversent |
| imperfect | conversasse | conversasses | conversast | conversissons, conversissiens | conversissoiz, conversissez, conversissiez | conversassent | |
| 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 | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | converse | — | conversons | conversez | — | ||
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