convaincre
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French [Term?], borrowed from Latin convincere, and adapted to the form of vaincre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editconvaincre
- to convince
- Est-ce que vous êtes convaincu qu’il nous a dit que la vérité ?
- Are you convinced that he told us but truth?
- Il pourrait pas convaincre un enfant que le soleil se lève à l’est.
- He couldn't convince a child that the sun rises in the east.
Conjugation
editThis verb is conjugated like vaincre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, except that its usual stem convainqu- becomes convainc- when either there is no ending, or the ending starts with -u- or a written consonant. Additionally, when inverted the third person singular in the present adds the infix -t-: convainc-t-il? These are strictly spelling changes; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.
Conjugation of convaincre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | convaincre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | convainquant /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | convaincu /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ky/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | convaincs /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ |
convaincs /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ |
convainc /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ |
convainquons /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɔ̃/ |
convainquez /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ke/ |
convainquent /kɔ̃.vɛ̃k/ |
imperfect | convainquais /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɛ/ |
convainquais /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɛ/ |
convainquait /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɛ/ |
convainquions /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kjɔ̃/ |
convainquiez /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kje/ |
convainquaient /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | convainquis /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ki/ |
convainquis /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ki/ |
convainquit /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ki/ |
convainquîmes /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kim/ |
convainquîtes /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kit/ |
convainquirent /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kiʁ/ | |
future | convaincrai /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁe/ |
convaincras /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁa/ |
convaincra /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁa/ |
convaincrons /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁɔ̃/ |
convaincrez /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁe/ |
convaincront /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | convaincrais /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁɛ/ |
convaincrais /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁɛ/ |
convaincrait /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁɛ/ |
convaincrions /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁi.jɔ̃/ |
convaincriez /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁi.je/ |
convaincraient /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁɛ/ | |
(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 | convainque /kɔ̃.vɛ̃k/ |
convainques /kɔ̃.vɛ̃k/ |
convainque /kɔ̃.vɛ̃k/ |
convainquions /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kjɔ̃/ |
convainquiez /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kje/ |
convainquent /kɔ̃.vɛ̃k/ |
imperfect2 | convainquisse /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kis/ |
convainquisses /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kis/ |
convainquît /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ki/ |
convainquissions /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ki.sjɔ̃/ |
convainquissiez /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ki.sje/ |
convainquissent /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | convaincs /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ |
— | convainquons /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɔ̃/ |
convainquez /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ke/ |
— | |
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
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “convaincre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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