naitre

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See also: naître

French

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Verb

naitre

  1. post-1990 spelling of naître

Conjugation

Conjugation of naitre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple naitre
compound être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple naissant
/nɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ne.sɑ̃/
compound étant + past participle
past participle né
/ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present nais
/nɛ/ 		nais
/nɛ/ 		nait
/nɛ/ 		naissons
/nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ne.sɔ̃/ 		naissez
/nɛ.se/ or /ne.se/ 		naissent
/nɛs/
imperfect naissais
/nɛ.sɛ/ or /ne.sɛ/ 		naissais
/nɛ.sɛ/ or /ne.sɛ/ 		naissait
/nɛ.sɛ/ or /ne.sɛ/ 		naissions
/nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ne.sjɔ̃/ 		naissiez
/nɛ.sje/ or /ne.sje/ 		naissaient
/nɛ.sɛ/ or /ne.sɛ/
past historic2 naquis
/na.ki/ 		naquis
/na.ki/ 		naquit
/na.ki/ 		naquîmes
/na.kim/ 		naquîtes
/na.kit/ 		naquirent
/na.kiʁ/
future naitrai
/nɛ.tʁe/ or /ne.tʁe/ 		naitras
/nɛ.tʁa/ or /ne.tʁa/ 		naitra
/nɛ.tʁa/ or /ne.tʁa/ 		naitrons
/nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ne.tʁɔ̃/ 		naitrez
/nɛ.tʁe/ or /ne.tʁe/ 		naitront
/nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ne.tʁɔ̃/
conditional naitrais
/nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ 		naitrais
/nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ 		naitrait
/nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ 		naitrions
/nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		naitriez
/nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ne.tʁi.je/ 		naitraient
/nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of être + past participle
future perfect future of être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present naisse
/nɛs/ 		naisses
/nɛs/ 		naisse
/nɛs/ 		naissions
/nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ne.sjɔ̃/ 		naissiez
/nɛ.sje/ or /ne.sje/ 		naissent
/nɛs/
imperfect2 naquisse
/na.kis/ 		naquisses
/na.kis/ 		naquît
/na.ki/ 		naquissions
/na.ki.sjɔ̃/ 		naquissiez
/na.ki.sje/ 		naquissent
/na.kis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — nais
/nɛ/ 		— naissons
/nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ne.sɔ̃/ 		naissez
/nɛ.se/ or /ne.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of être + past participle — simple imperative of être + past participle simple imperative of 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:
  • 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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