constater

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French

Etymology

From constat, borrowed from Latin cōnstat, the third-person singular present active indicative of cōnstō. Cf. also coûter.

Pronunciation

Verb

constater

  1. to note, notice
  2. to certify
  3. to state (que that)

Conjugation

Conjugation of constater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple constater
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple constatant
/kɔ̃s.ta.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle constaté
/kɔ̃s.ta.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present constate
/kɔ̃s.tat/ 		constates
/kɔ̃s.tat/ 		constate
/kɔ̃s.tat/ 		constatons
/kɔ̃s.ta.tɔ̃/ 		constatez
/kɔ̃s.ta.te/ 		constatent
/kɔ̃s.tat/
imperfect constatais
/kɔ̃s.ta.tɛ/ 		constatais
/kɔ̃s.ta.tɛ/ 		constatait
/kɔ̃s.ta.tɛ/ 		constations
/kɔ̃s.ta.tjɔ̃/ 		constatiez
/kɔ̃s.ta.tje/ 		constataient
/kɔ̃s.ta.tɛ/
past historic2 constatai
/kɔ̃s.ta.te/ 		constatas
/kɔ̃s.ta.ta/ 		constata
/kɔ̃s.ta.ta/ 		constatâmes
/kɔ̃s.ta.tam/ 		constatâtes
/kɔ̃s.ta.tat/ 		constatèrent
/kɔ̃s.ta.tɛʁ/
future constaterai
/kɔ̃s.ta.tʁe/ 		constateras
/kɔ̃s.ta.tʁa/ 		constatera
/kɔ̃s.ta.tʁa/ 		constaterons
/kɔ̃s.ta.tʁɔ̃/ 		constaterez
/kɔ̃s.ta.tʁe/ 		constateront
/kɔ̃s.ta.tʁɔ̃/
conditional constaterais
/kɔ̃s.ta.tʁɛ/ 		constaterais
/kɔ̃s.ta.tʁɛ/ 		constaterait
/kɔ̃s.ta.tʁɛ/ 		constaterions
/kɔ̃s.ta.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		constateriez
/kɔ̃s.ta.tə.ʁje/ 		constateraient
/kɔ̃s.ta.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 constate
/kɔ̃s.tat/ 		constates
/kɔ̃s.tat/ 		constate
/kɔ̃s.tat/ 		constations
/kɔ̃s.ta.tjɔ̃/ 		constatiez
/kɔ̃s.ta.tje/ 		constatent
/kɔ̃s.tat/
imperfect2 constatasse
/kɔ̃s.ta.tas/ 		constatasses
/kɔ̃s.ta.tas/ 		constatât
/kɔ̃s.ta.ta/ 		constatassions
/kɔ̃s.ta.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		constatassiez
/kɔ̃s.ta.ta.sje/ 		constatassent
/kɔ̃s.ta.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — constate
/kɔ̃s.tat/ 		— constatons
/kɔ̃s.ta.tɔ̃/ 		constatez
/kɔ̃s.ta.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).

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