tutoyer

French

Etymology

tu + (t) +‎ -oyer, compare the Icelandic þúa and English thou. Cognate to Spanish tutear.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ty.twa.je/, X-SAMPA: /ty.twa.je/

Verb

tutoyer

1. to address (someone) using tu, to thou
2. (colloquial) to be familiar with, to be close to something.

Conjugation

• This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.

   Conjugation of tutoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tutoyer			avoir tutoyé
gerund		en tutoyant			en ayant tutoyé
present participle		tutoyant
past participle		tutoyé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	tutoie	tutoies	tutoie	tutoyons	tutoyez	tutoient
	imperfect	tutoyais	tutoyais	tutoyait	tutoyions	tutoyiez	tutoyaient
	past historic1	tutoyai	tutoyas	tutoya	tutoyâmes	tutoyâtes	tutoyèrent
	future	tutoierai	tutoieras	tutoiera	tutoierons	tutoierez	tutoieront
	conditional	tutoierais	tutoierais	tutoierait	tutoierions	tutoieriez	tutoieraient
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 anterior1	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	tutoie	tutoies	tutoie	tutoyions	tutoyiez	tutoient
	imperfect1	tutoyasse	tutoyasses	tutoyât	tutoyassions	tutoyassiez	tutoyassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	tutoie	—	tutoyons	tutoyez	—
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Antonyms

• vouvoyer

Derived terms

• tutoiement

Related terms

• Spanish: tutear

See also

• Japanese: 呼び捨て (よびすて, yobisute, “to call someone by their given or family name, without using さん or some other honorific”)