peiner

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French

Etymology

From Old French pener et al. corresponding to peine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ.ne/ ~ /pe.ne/
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Verb

peiner

  1. to struggle, toil
    Il a beaucoup peiné sur ce travail.
    He struggled a lot in the job
  2. to cause pain to, afflict
    Cette nouvelle m’a beaucoup peiné.
    The news pained me greatly

Conjugation

Conjugation of peiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple peiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple peinant
/pɛ.nɑ̃/ or /pe.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle peiné
/pɛ.ne/ or /pe.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present peine
/pɛn/ 		peines
/pɛn/ 		peine
/pɛn/ 		peinons
/pɛ.nɔ̃/ or /pe.nɔ̃/ 		peinez
/pɛ.ne/ or /pe.ne/ 		peinent
/pɛn/
imperfect peinais
/pɛ.nɛ/ or /pe.nɛ/ 		peinais
/pɛ.nɛ/ or /pe.nɛ/ 		peinait
/pɛ.nɛ/ or /pe.nɛ/ 		peinions
/pɛ.njɔ̃/ or /pe.njɔ̃/ 		peiniez
/pɛ.nje/ or /pe.nje/ 		peinaient
/pɛ.nɛ/ or /pe.nɛ/
past historic2 peinai
/pɛ.ne/ or /pe.ne/ 		peinas
/pɛ.na/ or /pe.na/ 		peina
/pɛ.na/ or /pe.na/ 		peinâmes
/pɛ.nam/ or /pe.nam/ 		peinâtes
/pɛ.nat/ or /pe.nat/ 		peinèrent
/pɛ.nɛʁ/ or /pe.nɛʁ/
future peinerai
/pɛn.ʁe/ 		peineras
/pɛn.ʁa/ 		peinera
/pɛn.ʁa/ 		peinerons
/pɛn.ʁɔ̃/ 		peinerez
/pɛn.ʁe/ 		peineront
/pɛn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional peinerais
/pɛn.ʁɛ/ 		peinerais
/pɛn.ʁɛ/ 		peinerait
/pɛn.ʁɛ/ 		peinerions
/pɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		peineriez
/pɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /pe.nə.ʁje/ 		peineraient
/pɛn.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 peine
/pɛn/ 		peines
/pɛn/ 		peine
/pɛn/ 		peinions
/pɛ.njɔ̃/ or /pe.njɔ̃/ 		peiniez
/pɛ.nje/ or /pe.nje/ 		peinent
/pɛn/
imperfect2 peinasse
/pɛ.nas/ or /pe.nas/ 		peinasses
/pɛ.nas/ or /pe.nas/ 		peinât
/pɛ.na/ or /pe.na/ 		peinassions
/pɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.na.sjɔ̃/ 		peinassiez
/pɛ.na.sje/ or /pe.na.sje/ 		peinassent
/pɛ.nas/ or /pe.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — peine
/pɛn/ 		— peinons
/pɛ.nɔ̃/ or /pe.nɔ̃/ 		peinez
/pɛ.ne/ or /pe.ne/ 		—
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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