Inherited from Old French cunveer, cunvier, from Vulgar Latin *convitāre, from a cross between Latin invītāre (“to invite”) and convivium. Compare Italian convitare, Portuguese convidar.
convier
| infinitive | simple | convier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | conviant /kɔ̃.vjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | convié /kɔ̃.vje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | convie /kɔ̃.vi/ |
convies /kɔ̃.vi/ |
convie /kɔ̃.vi/ |
convions /kɔ̃.vjɔ̃/ |
conviez /kɔ̃.vje/ |
convient /kɔ̃.vi/ |
| imperfect | conviais /kɔ̃.vjɛ/ |
conviais /kɔ̃.vjɛ/ |
conviait /kɔ̃.vjɛ/ |
conviions /kɔ̃.vi.jɔ̃/ |
conviiez /kɔ̃.vi.je/ |
conviaient /kɔ̃.vjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | conviai /kɔ̃.vje/ |
convias /kɔ̃.vja/ |
convia /kɔ̃.vja/ |
conviâmes /kɔ̃.vjam/ |
conviâtes /kɔ̃.vjat/ |
convièrent /kɔ̃.vjɛʁ/ | |
| future | convierai /kɔ̃.vi.ʁe/ |
convieras /kɔ̃.vi.ʁa/ |
conviera /kɔ̃.vi.ʁa/ |
convierons /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
convierez /kɔ̃.vi.ʁe/ |
convieront /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | convierais /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɛ/ |
convierais /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɛ/ |
convierait /kɔ̃.vi.ʁɛ/ |
convierions /kɔ̃.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
convieriez /kɔ̃.vi.ʁje/ |
convieraient /kɔ̃.vi.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 | convie /kɔ̃.vi/ |
convies /kɔ̃.vi/ |
convie /kɔ̃.vi/ |
conviions /kɔ̃.vi.jɔ̃/ |
conviiez /kɔ̃.vi.je/ |
convient /kɔ̃.vi/ |
| imperfect2 | conviasse /kɔ̃.vjas/ |
conviasses /kɔ̃.vjas/ |
conviât /kɔ̃.vja/ |
conviassions /kɔ̃.vja.sjɔ̃/ |
conviassiez /kɔ̃.vja.sje/ |
conviassent /kɔ̃.vjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | convie /kɔ̃.vi/ |
— | convions /kɔ̃.vjɔ̃/ |
conviez /kɔ̃.vje/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
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