réjouir
See also: rejouir
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French resjoir, corresponding to ré- + jouir.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
réjouir
- to please; to delight
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to rejoice, celebrate
Conjugation edit
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of réjouir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | réjouir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | réjouissant /ʁe.ʒwi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | réjoui /ʁe.ʒwi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | réjouis /ʁe.ʒwi/ |
réjouis /ʁe.ʒwi/ |
réjouit /ʁe.ʒwi/ |
réjouissons /ʁe.ʒwi.sɔ̃/ |
réjouissez /ʁe.ʒwi.se/ |
réjouissent /ʁe.ʒwis/ |
| imperfect | réjouissais /ʁe.ʒwi.sɛ/ |
réjouissais /ʁe.ʒwi.sɛ/ |
réjouissait /ʁe.ʒwi.sɛ/ |
réjouissions /ʁe.ʒwi.sjɔ̃/ |
réjouissiez /ʁe.ʒwi.sje/ |
réjouissaient /ʁe.ʒwi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | réjouis /ʁe.ʒwi/ |
réjouis /ʁe.ʒwi/ |
réjouit /ʁe.ʒwi/ |
réjouîmes /ʁe.ʒwim/ |
réjouîtes /ʁe.ʒwit/ |
réjouirent /ʁe.ʒwiʁ/ | |
| future | réjouirai /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁe/ |
réjouiras /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁa/ |
réjouira /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁa/ |
réjouirons /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɔ̃/ |
réjouirez /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁe/ |
réjouiront /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | réjouirais /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɛ/ |
réjouirais /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɛ/ |
réjouirait /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɛ/ |
réjouirions /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
réjouiriez /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁje/ |
réjouiraient /ʁe.ʒwi.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 | réjouisse /ʁe.ʒwis/ |
réjouisses /ʁe.ʒwis/ |
réjouisse /ʁe.ʒwis/ |
réjouissions /ʁe.ʒwi.sjɔ̃/ |
réjouissiez /ʁe.ʒwi.sje/ |
réjouissent /ʁe.ʒwis/ |
| imperfect2 | réjouisse /ʁe.ʒwis/ |
réjouisses /ʁe.ʒwis/ |
réjouît /ʁe.ʒwi/ |
réjouissions /ʁe.ʒwi.sjɔ̃/ |
réjouissiez /ʁe.ʒwi.sje/ |
réjouissent /ʁe.ʒwis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | réjouis /ʁe.ʒwi/ |
— | réjouissons /ʁe.ʒwi.sɔ̃/ |
réjouissez /ʁe.ʒwi.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
Further reading edit
- “réjouir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.