copiner
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
copiner
- (intransitive) to be friends (with)
- (derogatory) to be in a friendly relationship with someone in order to gain an advantage
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of copiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | copiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | copinant /kɔ.pi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | copiné /kɔ.pi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | copine /kɔ.pin/ |
copines /kɔ.pin/ |
copine /kɔ.pin/ |
copinons /kɔ.pi.nɔ̃/ |
copinez /kɔ.pi.ne/ |
copinent /kɔ.pin/ |
| imperfect | copinais /kɔ.pi.nɛ/ |
copinais /kɔ.pi.nɛ/ |
copinait /kɔ.pi.nɛ/ |
copinions /kɔ.pi.njɔ̃/ |
copiniez /kɔ.pi.nje/ |
copinaient /kɔ.pi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | copinai /kɔ.pi.ne/ |
copinas /kɔ.pi.na/ |
copina /kɔ.pi.na/ |
copinâmes /kɔ.pi.nam/ |
copinâtes /kɔ.pi.nat/ |
copinèrent /kɔ.pi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | copinerai /kɔ.pin.ʁe/ |
copineras /kɔ.pin.ʁa/ |
copinera /kɔ.pin.ʁa/ |
copinerons /kɔ.pin.ʁɔ̃/ |
copinerez /kɔ.pin.ʁe/ |
copineront /kɔ.pin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | copinerais /kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/ |
copinerais /kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/ |
copinerait /kɔ.pin.ʁɛ/ |
copinerions /kɔ.pi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
copineriez /kɔ.pi.nə.ʁje/ |
copineraient /kɔ.pin.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 | copine /kɔ.pin/ |
copines /kɔ.pin/ |
copine /kɔ.pin/ |
copinions /kɔ.pi.njɔ̃/ |
copiniez /kɔ.pi.nje/ |
copinent /kɔ.pin/ |
| imperfect2 | copinasse /kɔ.pi.nas/ |
copinasses /kɔ.pi.nas/ |
copinât /kɔ.pi.na/ |
copinassions /kɔ.pi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
copinassiez /kɔ.pi.na.sje/ |
copinassent /kɔ.pi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | copine /kɔ.pin/ |
— | copinons /kɔ.pi.nɔ̃/ |
copinez /kɔ.pi.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
Related terms edit
- copain (“friend”)
Further reading edit
“copiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.