continuer

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See also: continnuer

English

Etymology

From continue +‎ -er.

Noun

continuer (plural continuers)

  1. One who, or that which, continues.
    • 2014, Peter Perciles Trifonas, Themistoklis Aravossitas, Rethinking Heritage Language Education, page 71:
      Under the current CCAFL scheme, syllabuses are developed at three levels: beginners, continuers (second language) and background/first language speakers […]
  2. (linguistics) A word or phrase interjected by the listener to indicate that he/she is listening to the speaker.
    • 2008 January 8, Denise Grady, “For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way”, in New York Times‎:
      The team found that doctors used continuers only 22 percent of the time.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin continuāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/
  • Audio; “continuer à”:(file)

Verb

continuer

  1. to continue
    Synonym: prolonger
    Antonym: terminer

Usage notes

  • When followed by an infinitive, à is placed between continuer and the infinitive: Il continue à me déranger.

Conjugation

Conjugation of continuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple continuer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple continuant
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle continué
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present continue
/kɔ̃.ti.ny/ 		continues
/kɔ̃.ti.ny/ 		continue
/kɔ̃.ti.ny/ 		continuons
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃/ 		continuez
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ 		continuent
/kɔ̃.ti.ny/
imperfect continuais
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ 		continuais
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ 		continuait
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ 		continuions
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.jɔ̃/ 		continuiez
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.je/ 		continuaient
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/
past historic2 continuai
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ 		continuas
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/ 		continua
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/ 		continuâmes
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥam/ 		continuâtes
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥat/ 		continuèrent
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛʁ/
future continuerai
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁe/ 		continueras
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁa/ 		continuera
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁa/ 		continuerons
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɔ̃/ 		continuerez
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁe/ 		continueront
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɔ̃/
conditional continuerais
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ 		continuerais
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ 		continuerait
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ 		continuerions
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁjɔ̃/ 		continueriez
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁje/ 		continueraient
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.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 continue
/kɔ̃.ti.ny/ 		continues
/kɔ̃.ti.ny/ 		continue
/kɔ̃.ti.ny/ 		continuions
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.jɔ̃/ 		continuiez
/kɔ̃.ti.ny.je/ 		continuent
/kɔ̃.ti.ny/
imperfect2 continuasse
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/ 		continuasses
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/ 		continuât
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/ 		continuassions
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sjɔ̃/ 		continuassiez
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sje/ 		continuassent
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — continue
/kɔ̃.ti.ny/ 		— continuons
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃/ 		continuez
/kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ 		—
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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Verb

continuer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of continuō
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