lignifier

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

lignifier

1. to lignify

Conjugation

Conjugation of lignifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	lignifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	lignifiant /li.ɲi.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		lignifié /li.ɲi.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	lignifie /li.ɲi.fi/	lignifies /li.ɲi.fi/	lignifie /li.ɲi.fi/	lignifions /li.ɲi.fjɔ̃/	lignifiez /li.ɲi.fje/	lignifient /li.ɲi.fi/
	imperfect	lignifiais /li.ɲi.fjɛ/	lignifiais /li.ɲi.fjɛ/	lignifiait /li.ɲi.fjɛ/	lignifiions /li.ɲi.fi.jɔ̃/	lignifiiez /li.ɲi.fi.je/	lignifiaient /li.ɲi.fjɛ/
	past historic2	lignifiai /li.ɲi.fje/	lignifias /li.ɲi.fja/	lignifia /li.ɲi.fja/	lignifiâmes /li.ɲi.fjam/	lignifiâtes /li.ɲi.fjat/	lignifièrent /li.ɲi.fjɛʁ/
	future	lignifierai /li.ɲi.fi.ʁe/	lignifieras /li.ɲi.fi.ʁa/	lignifiera /li.ɲi.fi.ʁa/	lignifierons /li.ɲi.fi.ʁɔ̃/	lignifierez /li.ɲi.fi.ʁe/	lignifieront /li.ɲi.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	lignifierais /li.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/	lignifierais /li.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/	lignifierait /li.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/	lignifierions /li.ɲi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	lignifieriez /li.ɲi.fi.ʁje/	lignifieraient /li.ɲi.fi.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	lignifie /li.ɲi.fi/	lignifies /li.ɲi.fi/	lignifie /li.ɲi.fi/	lignifiions /li.ɲi.fi.jɔ̃/	lignifiiez /li.ɲi.fi.je/	lignifient /li.ɲi.fi/
	imperfect2	lignifiasse /li.ɲi.fjas/	lignifiasses /li.ɲi.fjas/	lignifiât /li.ɲi.fja/	lignifiassions /li.ɲi.fja.sjɔ̃/	lignifiassiez /li.ɲi.fja.sje/	lignifiassent /li.ɲi.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lignifie /li.ɲi.fi/	—	lignifions /li.ɲi.fjɔ̃/	lignifiez /li.ɲi.fje/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).