contester (plural contesters)
Learned borrowing from Latin contestārī.
contester
infinitive | simple | contester | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | contestant /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | contesté /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
contestes /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
contestons /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃/ |
contestez /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/ |
contestent /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
imperfect | contestais /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛ/ |
contestais /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛ/ |
contestait /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛ/ |
contestions /kɔ̃.tɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
contestiez /kɔ̃.tɛs.tje/ |
contestaient /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | contestai /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/ |
contestas /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta/ |
contesta /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta/ |
contestâmes /kɔ̃.tɛs.tam/ |
contestâtes /kɔ̃.tɛs.tat/ |
contestèrent /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛʁ/ | |
future | contesterai /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
contesteras /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
contestera /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
contesterons /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
contesterez /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
contesteront /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | contesterais /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
contesterais /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
contesterait /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
contesterions /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
contesteriez /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁje/ |
contesteraient /kɔ̃.tɛs.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 | conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
contestes /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
contestions /kɔ̃.tɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
contestiez /kɔ̃.tɛs.tje/ |
contestent /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
imperfect2 | contestasse /kɔ̃.tɛs.tas/ |
contestasses /kɔ̃.tɛs.tas/ |
contestât /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta/ |
contestassions /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
contestassiez /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sje/ |
contestassent /kɔ̃.tɛs.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
— | contestons /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃/ |
contestez /kɔ̃.tɛs.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). |
contester
From Latin contestor, contestārī (“call to witness”).
contester
First attested 1338, Latin contestor.
contester
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | contester | avoir contesté | |||||
gerund | en contestant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | contestant | ||||||
past participle | contesté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | contest | contestes | conteste | contestons | contestez | contestent |
imperfect | contestoie, contesteie, contestoe, contesteve | contestoies, contesteies, contestoes, contesteves | contestoit, contesteit, contestot, contesteve | contestiiens, contestiens | contestiiez, contestiez | contestoient, contesteient, contestoent, contestevent | |
preterite | contestai | contestas | contesta | contestames | contestastes | contesterent | |
future | contesterai | contesteras | contestera | contesterons | contesteroiz, contestereiz, contesterez | contesteront | |
conditional | contesteroie, contestereie | contesteroies, contestereies | contesteroit, contestereit | contesteriiens, contesteriens | contesteriiez, contesteriez | contesteroient, contestereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | contest | contez | contest | contestons | contestez | contestent |
imperfect | contestasse | contestasses | contestast | contestissons, contestissiens | contestissoiz, contestissez, contestissiez | contestassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | conteste | — | contestons | contestez | — |