| chainer |
| avoir + past participle |
chainant
/ʃɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ʃe.nɑ̃/ |
| ayant + past participle |
chainé
/ʃɛ.ne/ or /ʃe.ne/ |
| indicative |
je (j’) |
tu |
il, elle, on |
nous |
vous |
ils, elles |
(simple
tenses) |
present |
chaine
/ʃɛn/ |
chaines
/ʃɛn/ |
chaine
/ʃɛn/ |
chainons
/ʃɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ʃe.nɔ̃/ |
chainez
/ʃɛ.ne/ or /ʃe.ne/ |
chainent
/ʃɛn/ |
| imperfect |
chainais
/ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ʃe.nɛ/ |
chainais
/ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ʃe.nɛ/ |
chainait
/ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ʃe.nɛ/ |
chainions
/ʃɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ʃe.njɔ̃/ |
chainiez
/ʃɛ.nje/ or /ʃe.nje/ |
chainaient
/ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ʃe.nɛ/ |
| past historic2 |
chainai
/ʃɛ.ne/ or /ʃe.ne/ |
chainas
/ʃɛ.na/ or /ʃe.na/ |
chaina
/ʃɛ.na/ or /ʃe.na/ |
chainâmes
/ʃɛ.nam/ or /ʃe.nam/ |
chainâtes
/ʃɛ.nat/ or /ʃe.nat/ |
chainèrent
/ʃɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ʃe.nɛʁ/ |
| future |
chainerai
/ʃɛn.ʁe/ |
chaineras
/ʃɛn.ʁa/ |
chainera
/ʃɛn.ʁa/ |
chainerons
/ʃɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
chainerez
/ʃɛn.ʁe/ |
chaineront
/ʃɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
| conditional |
chainerais
/ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ |
chainerais
/ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ |
chainerait
/ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ |
chainerions
/ʃɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chaineriez
/ʃɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʃe.nə.ʁje/ |
chaineraient
/ʃɛn.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 |
chaine
/ʃɛn/ |
chaines
/ʃɛn/ |
chaine
/ʃɛn/ |
chainions
/ʃɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ʃe.njɔ̃/ |
chainiez
/ʃɛ.nje/ or /ʃe.nje/ |
chainent
/ʃɛn/ |
| imperfect2 |
chainasse
/ʃɛ.nas/ or /ʃe.nas/ |
chainasses
/ʃɛ.nas/ or /ʃe.nas/ |
chainât
/ʃɛ.na/ or /ʃe.na/ |
chainassions
/ʃɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.na.sjɔ̃/ |
chainassiez
/ʃɛ.na.sje/ or /ʃe.na.sje/ |
chainassent
/ʃɛ.nas/ or /ʃe.nas/ |
(compound
tenses) |
past |
present subjunctive of avoir + past participle |
| pluperfect2 |
imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle |
| imperative |
– |
tu |
– |
nous |
vous |
– |
| simple |
— |
chaine
/ʃɛn/ |
— |
chainons
/ʃɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ʃe.nɔ̃/ |
chainez
/ʃɛ.ne/ or /ʃe.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |