concerner

See also: concèrner

French

Etymology

From Middle French concerner, borrowed from Medieval Latin concernō, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“I mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne/

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Verb

concerner

1. to concern (be concerned with, be associated with)

Conjugation

Conjugation of concerner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	concerner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	concernant /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		concerné /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	concernes /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	concernons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɔ̃/	concernez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne/	concernent /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/
	imperfect	concernais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛ/	concernais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛ/	concernait /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛ/	concernions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.njɔ̃/	concerniez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nje/	concernaient /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	concernai /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne/	concernas /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na/	concerna /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na/	concernâmes /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nam/	concernâtes /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nat/	concernèrent /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	concernerai /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/	concerneras /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/	concernera /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/	concernerons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	concernerez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/	concerneront /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	concernerais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	concernerais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	concernerait /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	concernerions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	concerneriez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁje/	concerneraient /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.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	concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	concernes /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	concernions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.njɔ̃/	concerniez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nje/	concernent /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/
	imperfect2	concernasse /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nas/	concernasses /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nas/	concernât /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na/	concernassions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	concernassiez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na.sje/	concernassent /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	—	concernons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɔ̃/	concernez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne/	—
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).

Derived terms

• concernant
• concerné
• en ce qui concerne

Related terms

• discerner

Further reading

• “concerner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.