consister

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sis.te/
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Verb

consister

  1. (intransitive, ~ en) to consist (of/in)
  2. (~ à) to entail, to involve

Conjugation

Conjugation of consister (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple consister
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple consistant
/kɔ̃.sis.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle consisté
/kɔ̃.sis.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present consiste
/kɔ̃.sist/ 		consistes
/kɔ̃.sist/ 		consiste
/kɔ̃.sist/ 		consistons
/kɔ̃.sis.tɔ̃/ 		consistez
/kɔ̃.sis.te/ 		consistent
/kɔ̃.sist/
imperfect consistais
/kɔ̃.sis.tɛ/ 		consistais
/kɔ̃.sis.tɛ/ 		consistait
/kɔ̃.sis.tɛ/ 		consistions
/kɔ̃.sis.tjɔ̃/ 		consistiez
/kɔ̃.sis.tje/ 		consistaient
/kɔ̃.sis.tɛ/
past historic2 consistai
/kɔ̃.sis.te/ 		consistas
/kɔ̃.sis.ta/ 		consista
/kɔ̃.sis.ta/ 		consistâmes
/kɔ̃.sis.tam/ 		consistâtes
/kɔ̃.sis.tat/ 		consistèrent
/kɔ̃.sis.tɛʁ/
future consisterai
/kɔ̃.sis.tə.ʁe/ 		consisteras
/kɔ̃.sis.tə.ʁa/ 		consistera
/kɔ̃.sis.tə.ʁa/ 		consisterons
/kɔ̃.sis.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		consisterez
/kɔ̃.sis.tə.ʁe/ 		consisteront
/kɔ̃.sis.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional consisterais
/kɔ̃.sis.tə.ʁɛ/ 		consisterais
/kɔ̃.sis.tə.ʁɛ/ 		consisterait
/kɔ̃.sis.tə.ʁɛ/ 		consisterions
/kɔ̃.sis.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		consisteriez
/kɔ̃.sis.tə.ʁje/ 		consisteraient
/kɔ̃.sis.tə.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 consiste
/kɔ̃.sist/ 		consistes
/kɔ̃.sist/ 		consiste
/kɔ̃.sist/ 		consistions
/kɔ̃.sis.tjɔ̃/ 		consistiez
/kɔ̃.sis.tje/ 		consistent
/kɔ̃.sist/
imperfect2 consistasse
/kɔ̃.sis.tas/ 		consistasses
/kɔ̃.sis.tas/ 		consistât
/kɔ̃.sis.ta/ 		consistassions
/kɔ̃.sis.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		consistassiez
/kɔ̃.sis.ta.sje/ 		consistassent
/kɔ̃.sis.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — consiste
/kɔ̃.sist/ 		— consistons
/kɔ̃.sis.tɔ̃/ 		consistez
/kɔ̃.sis.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:
  • 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).

Descendants

  • → Romanian: consista

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Verb

consister

  1. to consist

Conjugation

    Conjugation of consister
infinitive consister
participle present perfect
consistente consistite
active simple perfect
present consiste ha consistite
past consisteva habeva consistite
future consistera habera consistite
conditional consisterea haberea consistite
imperative consiste
passive simple perfect
present es consistite ha essite consistite
past esseva consistite habeva essite consistite
future essera consistite habera essite consistite
conditional esserea consistite haberea essite consistite
imperative sia consistite
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