inverser
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Verb edit
inverser
- (transitive) to invert
- (transitive) to revert
- (reflexive) to get reversed; to go the other way round
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of inverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | inverser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | inversant /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | inversé /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ |
inverses /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ |
inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ |
inversons /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
inversez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/ |
inversent /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | inversais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
inversais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
inversait /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
inversions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
inversiez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sje/ |
inversaient /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | inversai /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/ |
inversas /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa/ |
inversa /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa/ |
inversâmes /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sam/ |
inversâtes /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sat/ |
inversèrent /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | inverserai /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
inverseras /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
inversera /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
inverserons /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
inverserez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
inverseront /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | inverserais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
inverserais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
inverserait /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
inverserions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
inverseriez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
inverseraient /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.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 | inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ |
inverses /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ |
inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ |
inversions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
inversiez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sje/ |
inversent /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | inversasse /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sas/ |
inversasses /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sas/ |
inversât /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa/ |
inversassions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
inversassiez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
inversassent /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ |
— | inversons /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
inversez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/ |
— | |
| 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
References edit
- “inverser” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
Further reading edit
- “inverser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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inverser