concerner
See also: concèrner
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French concerner, borrowed from Medieval Latin concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“I mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
concerner
- to concern (be concerned with, be associated with)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of concerner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | concerner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | concernant /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | concerné /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/ |
concernes /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/ |
concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/ |
concernons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
concernez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne/ |
concernent /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/ |
| imperfect | concernais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛ/ |
concernais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛ/ |
concernait /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛ/ |
concernions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
concerniez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nje/ |
concernaient /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | concernai /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne/ |
concernas /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na/ |
concerna /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na/ |
concernâmes /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nam/ |
concernâtes /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nat/ |
concernèrent /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | concernerai /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
concerneras /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
concernera /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
concernerons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
concernerez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
concerneront /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | concernerais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
concernerais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
concernerait /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
concernerions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
concerneriez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
concerneraient /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.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 | concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/ |
concernes /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/ |
concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/ |
concernions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
concerniez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nje/ |
concernent /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/ |
| imperfect2 | concernasse /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nas/ |
concernasses /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nas/ |
concernât /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na/ |
concernassions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
concernassiez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na.sje/ |
concernassent /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/ |
— | concernons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
concernez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit
- “concerner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.