Borrowed from Latin inquietāre.
inquiéter
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è'), with the latter being used before mute 'e'. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written inquiéter-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written inquièter-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
| infinitive | simple | inquiéter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | inquiétant /ɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | inquiété /ɛ̃.kje.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | inquiète /ɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
inquiètes /ɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
inquiète /ɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
inquiétons /ɛ̃.kje.tɔ̃/ |
inquiétez /ɛ̃.kje.te/ |
inquiètent /ɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
| imperfect | inquiétais /ɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ |
inquiétais /ɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ |
inquiétait /ɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ |
inquiétions /ɛ̃.kje.tjɔ̃/ |
inquiétiez /ɛ̃.kje.tje/ |
inquiétaient /ɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | inquiétai /ɛ̃.kje.te/ |
inquiétas /ɛ̃.kje.ta/ |
inquiéta /ɛ̃.kje.ta/ |
inquiétâmes /ɛ̃.kje.tam/ |
inquiétâtes /ɛ̃.kje.tat/ |
inquiétèrent /ɛ̃.kje.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | inquièterai or inquiéterai /ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁe/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁe/ |
inquièteras or inquiéteras /ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁa/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁa/ |
inquiètera or inquiétera /ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁa/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁa/ |
inquièterons or inquiéterons /ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁɔ̃/ |
inquièterez or inquiéterez /ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁe/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁe/ |
inquièteront or inquiéteront /ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | inquièterais or inquiéterais /ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ |
inquièterais or inquiéterais /ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ |
inquièterait or inquiéterait /ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ |
inquièterions or inquiéterions /ɛ̃.kjɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
inquièteriez or inquiéteriez /ɛ̃.kjɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ɛ̃.kje.tə.ʁje/ |
inquièteraient or inquiéteraient /ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.kje.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 | inquiète /ɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
inquiètes /ɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
inquiète /ɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
inquiétions /ɛ̃.kje.tjɔ̃/ |
inquiétiez /ɛ̃.kje.tje/ |
inquiètent /ɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | inquiétasse /ɛ̃.kje.tas/ |
inquiétasses /ɛ̃.kje.tas/ |
inquiétât /ɛ̃.kje.ta/ |
inquiétassions /ɛ̃.kje.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
inquiétassiez /ɛ̃.kje.ta.sje/ |
inquiétassent /ɛ̃.kje.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | inquiète /ɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
— | inquiétons /ɛ̃.kje.tɔ̃/ |
inquiétez /ɛ̃.kje.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). | |||||||
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è'), with the latter being used before mute 'e'. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written inquiéter-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written inquièter-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
| infinitive | simple | s'inquiéter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’inquiétant /sɛ̃.kje.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | inquiété /ɛ̃.kje.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’inquiète /mɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
t’inquiètes /tɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
s’inquiète /sɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
nous inquiétons /nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tɔ̃/ |
vous inquiétez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.te/ |
s’inquiètent /sɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
| imperfect | m’inquiétais /mɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ |
t’inquiétais /tɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ |
s’inquiétait /sɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ |
nous inquiétions /nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tjɔ̃/ |
vous inquiétiez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tje/ |
s’inquiétaient /sɛ̃.kje.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’inquiétai /mɛ̃.kje.te/ |
t’inquiétas /tɛ̃.kje.ta/ |
s’inquiéta /sɛ̃.kje.ta/ |
nous inquiétâmes /nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tam/ |
vous inquiétâtes /vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tat/ |
s’inquiétèrent /sɛ̃.kje.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | m’inquièterai or m’inquiéterai /mɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁe/ or /mɛ̃.kje.tʁe/ |
t’inquièteras or t’inquiéteras /tɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁa/ or /tɛ̃.kje.tʁa/ |
s’inquiètera or s’inquiétera /sɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁa/ or /sɛ̃.kje.tʁa/ |
nous inquièterons or nous inquiéterons /nu.z‿ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tʁɔ̃/ |
vous inquièterez or vous inquiéterez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁe/ or /vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tʁe/ |
s’inquièteront or s’inquiéteront /sɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /sɛ̃.kje.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’inquièterais or m’inquiéterais /mɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /mɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ |
t’inquièterais or t’inquiéterais /tɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /tɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ |
s’inquièterait or s’inquiéterait /sɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /sɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ |
nous inquièterions or nous inquiéterions /nu.z‿ɛ̃.kjɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous inquièteriez or vous inquiéteriez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.kjɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tə.ʁje/ |
s’inquièteraient or s’inquiéteraient /sɛ̃.kjɛ.tʁɛ/ or /sɛ̃.kje.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’inquiète /mɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
t’inquiètes /tɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
s’inquiète /sɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
nous inquiétions /nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tjɔ̃/ |
vous inquiétiez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.tje/ |
s’inquiètent /sɛ̃.kjɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | m’inquiétasse /mɛ̃.kje.tas/ |
t’inquiétasses /tɛ̃.kje.tas/ |
s’inquiétât /sɛ̃.kje.ta/ |
nous inquiétassions /nu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
vous inquiétassiez /vu.z‿ɛ̃.kje.ta.sje/ |
s’inquiétassent /sɛ̃.kje.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | inquiète-toi /ɛ̃.kjɛt.twa/ |
— | inquiétons-nous /ɛ̃.kje.tɔ̃.nu/ |
inquiétez-vous /ɛ̃.kje.te.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||