chaîner

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See also: chainer

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From chaîne. Compare also Latin catēnāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɛ.ne/ ~ /ʃe.ne/
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Verb

chaîner

  1. to chain

Conjugation

Conjugation of chaîner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chaîner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple chaînant
/ʃɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ʃe.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle chaîné
/ʃɛ.ne/ or /ʃe.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present chaîne
/ʃɛn/ 		chaînes
/ʃɛn/ 		chaîne
/ʃɛn/ 		chaînons
/ʃɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ʃe.nɔ̃/ 		chaînez
/ʃɛ.ne/ or /ʃe.ne/ 		chaînent
/ʃɛn/
imperfect chaînais
/ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ʃe.nɛ/ 		chaînais
/ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ʃe.nɛ/ 		chaînait
/ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ʃe.nɛ/ 		chaînions
/ʃɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ʃe.njɔ̃/ 		chaîniez
/ʃɛ.nje/ or /ʃe.nje/ 		chaînaient
/ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ʃe.nɛ/
past historic2 chaînai
/ʃɛ.ne/ or /ʃe.ne/ 		chaînas
/ʃɛ.na/ or /ʃe.na/ 		chaîna
/ʃɛ.na/ or /ʃe.na/ 		chaînâmes
/ʃɛ.nam/ or /ʃe.nam/ 		chaînâtes
/ʃɛ.nat/ or /ʃe.nat/ 		chaînèrent
/ʃɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ʃe.nɛʁ/
future chaînerai
/ʃɛn.ʁe/ 		chaîneras
/ʃɛn.ʁa/ 		chaînera
/ʃɛn.ʁa/ 		chaînerons
/ʃɛn.ʁɔ̃/ 		chaînerez
/ʃɛn.ʁe/ 		chaîneront
/ʃɛn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chaînerais
/ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ 		chaînerais
/ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ 		chaînerait
/ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ 		chaînerions
/ʃɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		chaîneriez
/ʃɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʃe.nə.ʁje/ 		chaîneraient
/ʃɛn.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 chaîne
/ʃɛn/ 		chaînes
/ʃɛn/ 		chaîne
/ʃɛn/ 		chaînions
/ʃɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ʃe.njɔ̃/ 		chaîniez
/ʃɛ.nje/ or /ʃe.nje/ 		chaînent
/ʃɛn/
imperfect2 chaînasse
/ʃɛ.nas/ or /ʃe.nas/ 		chaînasses
/ʃɛ.nas/ or /ʃe.nas/ 		chaînât
/ʃɛ.na/ or /ʃe.na/ 		chaînassions
/ʃɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.na.sjɔ̃/ 		chaînassiez
/ʃɛ.na.sje/ or /ʃe.na.sje/ 		chaînassent
/ʃɛ.nas/ or /ʃe.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chaîne
/ʃɛn/ 		— chaînons
/ʃɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ʃe.nɔ̃/ 		chaînez
/ʃɛ.ne/ or /ʃe.ne/ 		—
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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