adjoindre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French adjoindre, from Old French ajoindre (with /d/ reinserted per the Latin etymon), from Latin adiungō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ad.ʒwɛ̃dʁ/
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Verb

adjoindre

  1. to adjoin
  2. (reflexive) to join up

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like peindre. It uses the same endings as rendre or vendre, but its -nd- becomes -gn- before a vowel, and its past participle ends in 't' instead of a vowel.

Conjugation of adjoindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple adjoindre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple adjoignant
/ad.ʒwa.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle adjoint
/ad.ʒwɛ̃/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present adjoins
/ad.ʒwɛ̃/ 		adjoins
/ad.ʒwɛ̃/ 		adjoint
/ad.ʒwɛ̃/ 		adjoignons
/ad.ʒwa.ɲɔ̃/ 		adjoignez
/ad.ʒwa.ɲe/ 		adjoignent
/ad.ʒwaɲ/
imperfect adjoignais
/ad.ʒwa.ɲɛ/ 		adjoignais
/ad.ʒwa.ɲɛ/ 		adjoignait
/ad.ʒwa.ɲɛ/ 		adjoignions
/ad.ʒwa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		adjoigniez
/ad.ʒwa.ɲje/ 		adjoignaient
/ad.ʒwa.ɲɛ/
past historic2 adjoignis
/ad.ʒwa.ɲi/ 		adjoignis
/ad.ʒwa.ɲi/ 		adjoignit
/ad.ʒwa.ɲi/ 		adjoignîmes
/ad.ʒwa.ɲim/ 		adjoignîtes
/ad.ʒwa.ɲit/ 		adjoignirent
/ad.ʒwa.ɲiʁ/
future adjoindrai
/ad.ʒwɛ̃.dʁe/ 		adjoindras
/ad.ʒwɛ̃.dʁa/ 		adjoindra
/ad.ʒwɛ̃.dʁa/ 		adjoindrons
/ad.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		adjoindrez
/ad.ʒwɛ̃.dʁe/ 		adjoindront
/ad.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional adjoindrais
/ad.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		adjoindrais
/ad.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		adjoindrait
/ad.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		adjoindrions
/ad.ʒwɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		adjoindriez
/ad.ʒwɛ̃.dʁi.je/ 		adjoindraient
/ad.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(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 adjoigne
/ad.ʒwaɲ/ 		adjoignes
/ad.ʒwaɲ/ 		adjoigne
/ad.ʒwaɲ/ 		adjoignions
/ad.ʒwa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		adjoigniez
/ad.ʒwa.ɲje/ 		adjoignent
/ad.ʒwaɲ/
imperfect2 adjoignisse
/ad.ʒwa.ɲis/ 		adjoignisses
/ad.ʒwa.ɲis/ 		adjoignît
/ad.ʒwa.ɲi/ 		adjoignissions
/ad.ʒwa.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ 		adjoignissiez
/ad.ʒwa.ɲi.sje/ 		adjoignissent
/ad.ʒwa.ɲis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — adjoins
/ad.ʒwɛ̃/ 		— adjoignons
/ad.ʒwa.ɲɔ̃/ 		adjoignez
/ad.ʒwa.ɲe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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