continuer
See also: continnuer
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
continuer (plural continuers)
- One who, or that which, continues.
- 2014, Peter Perciles Trifonas, Themistoklis Aravossitas, Rethinking Heritage Language Education, page 71:
- Under the current CCAFL scheme, syllabuses are developed at three levels: beginners, continuers (second language) and background/first language speakers […]
- (linguistics) A word or phrase interjected by the listener to indicate that he/she is listening to the speaker.
- 2008 January 8, Denise Grady, “For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way”, in New York Times[1]:
- The team found that doctors used continuers only 22 percent of the time.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin continuāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
continuer
Usage notes edit
- When followed by an infinitive, à is placed between continuer and the infinitive: Il continue à me déranger.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of continuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | continuer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | continuant /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | continué /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continues /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continuons /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃/ |
continuez /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ |
continuent /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
imperfect | continuais /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ |
continuais /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ |
continuait /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ |
continuions /kɔ̃.ti.ny.jɔ̃/ |
continuiez /kɔ̃.ti.ny.je/ |
continuaient /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ | |
past historic2 | continuai /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ |
continuas /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/ |
continua /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/ |
continuâmes /kɔ̃.ti.nɥam/ |
continuâtes /kɔ̃.ti.nɥat/ |
continuèrent /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛʁ/ | |
future | continuerai /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁe/ |
continueras /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁa/ |
continuera /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁa/ |
continuerons /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɔ̃/ |
continuerez /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁe/ |
continueront /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | continuerais /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ |
continuerais /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ |
continuerait /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ |
continuerions /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁjɔ̃/ |
continueriez /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁje/ |
continueraient /kɔ̃.ti.ny.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 | continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continues /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continuions /kɔ̃.ti.ny.jɔ̃/ |
continuiez /kɔ̃.ti.ny.je/ |
continuent /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
imperfect2 | continuasse /kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/ |
continuasses /kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/ |
continuât /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/ |
continuassions /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
continuassiez /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sje/ |
continuassent /kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
— | continuons /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃/ |
continuez /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ |
— | |
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
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “continuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
continuer
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