enseigner

French

Etymology

From Old French enseignier, from Medieval Latin insignāre, present active infinitive of insignō, from Latin signō. Compare Italian insegnare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/, /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/
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Verb

enseigner

  1. to teach

Conjugation
Conjugation of enseigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle enseignant
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɑ̃/
past participle enseigné
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/
infinitive
simple enseigner
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple enseignant
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present enseigne
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 enseignes
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 enseigne
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 enseignons
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/		 enseignez
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/		 enseignent
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ/
imperfect enseignais
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/		 enseignais
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/		 enseignait
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/		 enseignions
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/		 enseigniez
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/		 enseignaient
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/
past historic2 enseignai
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/		 enseignas
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/		 enseigna
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/		 enseignâmes
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲam/		 enseignâtes
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲat/		 enseignèrent
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛʁ/
future enseignerai
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ.ʁe/		 enseigneras
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ.ʁa/		 enseignera
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ.ʁa/		 enseignerons
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ.ʁɔ̃/		 enseignerez
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ.ʁe/		 enseigneront
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional enseignerais
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ.ʁɛ/		 enseignerais
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ.ʁɛ/		 enseignerait
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ.ʁɛ/		 enseignerions
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/		 enseigneriez
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁje/		 enseigneraient
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ.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 enseigne
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 enseignes
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 enseigne
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 enseignions
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/		 enseigniez
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/		 enseignent
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ/
imperfect2 enseignasse
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/		 enseignasses
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/		 enseignât
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/		 enseignassions
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/		 enseignassiez
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sje/		 enseignassent
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enseigne
/ɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 — enseignons
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/		 enseignez
/ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Old French

Verb

enseigner

  1. Alternative form of enseignier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of enseigner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive enseigner avoir enseigné
gerund en enseignant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle enseignant
past participle enseigné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present enseing enseignes enseigne enseignons enseignez enseignent
imperfect enseignoie, enseigneie, enseignoe, enseigneve enseignoies, enseigneies, enseignoes, enseigneves enseignoit, enseigneit, enseignot, enseigneve enseigniiens, enseigniens enseigniiez, enseigniez enseignoient, enseigneient, enseignoent, enseignevent
preterite enseignai enseignas enseigna enseignames enseignastes enseignerent
future enseignerai enseigneras enseignera enseignerons enseigneroiz, enseignereiz, enseignerez enseigneront
conditional enseigneroie, enseignereie enseigneroies, enseignereies enseigneroit, enseignereit enseigneriiens, enseigneriens enseigneriiez, enseigneriez enseigneroient, enseignereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present enseing enseinz enseint enseignons enseignez enseignent
imperfect enseignasse enseignasses enseignast enseignissons, enseignissiens enseignissoiz, enseignissez, enseignissiez enseignassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— enseigne — enseignons enseignez —
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