naître
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See also: naitre
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French naistre, from Old French naistre, from Latin nascere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]naître
- (intransitive) to be born
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of naître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | naître | |||||
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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/ |
naît /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 | naîtrai /nɛ.tʁe/ or /ne.tʁe/ |
naîtras /nɛ.tʁa/ or /ne.tʁa/ |
naîtra /nɛ.tʁa/ or /ne.tʁa/ |
naîtrons /nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ne.tʁɔ̃/ |
naîtrez /nɛ.tʁe/ or /ne.tʁe/ |
naîtront /nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ne.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | naîtrais /nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ |
naîtrais /nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ |
naîtrait /nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ |
naîtrions /nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
naîtriez /nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ne.tʁi.je/ |
naîtraient /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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Etymology and history of “naitre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 207
Further reading
[edit]- “naître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]- arétin, entrai, inerta, raient, renait, renaît, reniât, rentai, riante, tenir à, traine, trainé, traîne, traîné
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French naistre, from Latin nascere.
Verb
[edit]naître
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