choisir
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
Old French from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 ("kausjan") "to examine, perceive", kiusan "to choose, examine", More at choose
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
choisir
- (obsolete) to perceive, distinguish
- to choose
[edit] Conjugation
- This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, nourrir, 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 choisir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | choisir | avoir choisi | |||||
| gerund | en choisissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | choisissant | ||||||
| past participle | choisi | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | choisis | choisis | choisit | choisissons | choisissez | choisissent |
| imperfect | choisissais | choisissais | choisissait | choisissions | choisissiez | choisissaient | |
| past historic | choisis | choisis | choisit | choisîmes | choisîtes | choisirent | |
| future | choisirai | choisiras | choisira | choisirons | choisirez | choisiront | |
| conditional | choisirais | choisirais | choisirait | choisirions | choisiriez | choisiraient | |
| 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 past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | choisisse | choisisses | choisisse | choisissions | choisissiez | choisissent |
| imperfect | choisisse | choisisses | choisît | choisissions | choisissiez | choisissent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | choisis | — | choisissons | choisissez | — | ||
