agenouiller

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French agenoillier, from genoil (“knee”). Compare Catalan agenollar, Portuguese ajoelhar, Italian inginocchiare, Romanian îngenunchea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʒ.nu.je/
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Verb

agenouiller

  1. (reflexive) to kneel, to kneel down
    En rentrant dans l’église, on me pria de m’agenouiller.
    When I went into the church, I was asked to kneel.

Conjugation

Conjugation of agenouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple agenouiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple agenouillant
/aʒ.nu.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle agenouillé
/aʒ.nu.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present agenouille
/aʒ.nuj/ 		agenouilles
/aʒ.nuj/ 		agenouille
/aʒ.nuj/ 		agenouillons
/aʒ.nu.jɔ̃/ 		agenouillez
/aʒ.nu.je/ 		agenouillent
/aʒ.nuj/
imperfect agenouillais
/aʒ.nu.jɛ/ 		agenouillais
/aʒ.nu.jɛ/ 		agenouillait
/aʒ.nu.jɛ/ 		agenouillions
/aʒ.nuj.jɔ̃/ 		agenouilliez
/aʒ.nuj.je/ 		agenouillaient
/aʒ.nu.jɛ/
past historic2 agenouillai
/aʒ.nu.je/ 		agenouillas
/aʒ.nu.ja/ 		agenouilla
/aʒ.nu.ja/ 		agenouillâmes
/aʒ.nu.jam/ 		agenouillâtes
/aʒ.nu.jat/ 		agenouillèrent
/aʒ.nu.jɛʁ/
future agenouillerai
/aʒ.nuj.ʁe/ 		agenouilleras
/aʒ.nuj.ʁa/ 		agenouillera
/aʒ.nuj.ʁa/ 		agenouillerons
/aʒ.nuj.ʁɔ̃/ 		agenouillerez
/aʒ.nuj.ʁe/ 		agenouilleront
/aʒ.nuj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional agenouillerais
/aʒ.nuj.ʁɛ/ 		agenouillerais
/aʒ.nuj.ʁɛ/ 		agenouillerait
/aʒ.nuj.ʁɛ/ 		agenouillerions
/aʒ.nu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		agenouilleriez
/aʒ.nu.jə.ʁje/ 		agenouilleraient
/aʒ.nuj.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 agenouille
/aʒ.nuj/ 		agenouilles
/aʒ.nuj/ 		agenouille
/aʒ.nuj/ 		agenouillions
/aʒ.nuj.jɔ̃/ 		agenouilliez
/aʒ.nuj.je/ 		agenouillent
/aʒ.nuj/
imperfect2 agenouillasse
/aʒ.nu.jas/ 		agenouillasses
/aʒ.nu.jas/ 		agenouillât
/aʒ.nu.ja/ 		agenouillassions
/aʒ.nu.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		agenouillassiez
/aʒ.nu.ja.sje/ 		agenouillassent
/aʒ.nu.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — agenouille
/aʒ.nuj/ 		— agenouillons
/aʒ.nu.jɔ̃/ 		agenouillez
/aʒ.nu.je/ 		—
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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