Inherited from Old French alaitier, from Late Latin allactāre, derived from Latin lac (“milk”, noun). By surface analysis, a- + lait + -er.
allaiter
| infinitive | simple | allaiter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | allaitant /a.lɛ.tɑ̃/ or /a.le.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | allaité /a.lɛ.te/ or /a.le.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | allaite /a.lɛt/ |
allaites /a.lɛt/ |
allaite /a.lɛt/ |
allaitons /a.lɛ.tɔ̃/ or /a.le.tɔ̃/ |
allaitez /a.lɛ.te/ or /a.le.te/ |
allaitent /a.lɛt/ |
| imperfect | allaitais /a.lɛ.tɛ/ or /a.le.tɛ/ |
allaitais /a.lɛ.tɛ/ or /a.le.tɛ/ |
allaitait /a.lɛ.tɛ/ or /a.le.tɛ/ |
allaitions /a.lɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /a.le.tjɔ̃/ |
allaitiez /a.lɛ.tje/ or /a.le.tje/ |
allaitaient /a.lɛ.tɛ/ or /a.le.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | allaitai /a.lɛ.te/ or /a.le.te/ |
allaitas /a.lɛ.ta/ or /a.le.ta/ |
allaita /a.lɛ.ta/ or /a.le.ta/ |
allaitâmes /a.lɛ.tam/ or /a.le.tam/ |
allaitâtes /a.lɛ.tat/ or /a.le.tat/ |
allaitèrent /a.lɛ.tɛʁ/ or /a.le.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | allaiterai /a.lɛ.tʁe/ or /a.le.tʁe/ |
allaiteras /a.lɛ.tʁa/ or /a.le.tʁa/ |
allaitera /a.lɛ.tʁa/ or /a.le.tʁa/ |
allaiterons /a.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.le.tʁɔ̃/ |
allaiterez /a.lɛ.tʁe/ or /a.le.tʁe/ |
allaiteront /a.lɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /a.le.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | allaiterais /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ |
allaiterais /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ |
allaiterait /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ |
allaiterions /a.lɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.le.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
allaiteriez /a.lɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /a.le.tə.ʁje/ |
allaiteraient /a.lɛ.tʁɛ/ or /a.le.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | allaite /a.lɛt/ |
allaites /a.lɛt/ |
allaite /a.lɛt/ |
allaitions /a.lɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /a.le.tjɔ̃/ |
allaitiez /a.lɛ.tje/ or /a.le.tje/ |
allaitent /a.lɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | allaitasse /a.lɛ.tas/ or /a.le.tas/ |
allaitasses /a.lɛ.tas/ or /a.le.tas/ |
allaitât /a.lɛ.ta/ or /a.le.ta/ |
allaitassions /a.lɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /a.le.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
allaitassiez /a.lɛ.ta.sje/ or /a.le.ta.sje/ |
allaitassent /a.lɛ.tas/ or /a.le.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | allaite /a.lɛt/ |
— | allaitons /a.lɛ.tɔ̃/ or /a.le.tɔ̃/ |
allaitez /a.lɛ.te/ or /a.le.te/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||