intéresser
See also: interesser
French
Etymology
intéressant + -er
Pronunciation
Verb
intéresser
- (transitive) to interest; to make interested
- Je ne sais pas quoi faire pour l’intéresser...
- I don’t know what to do to interest him/her...
- (reflexive, with à) to be interested in; to have an interest
- Tu pourrais t’intéresser à autre chose qu’aux voitures !
- You could be interested in something other than cars!
Conjugation
Conjugation of intéresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | intéresser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | intéressant /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | intéressé /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | intéresse /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛs/ |
intéresses /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛs/ |
intéresse /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛs/ |
intéressons /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sɔ̃/ |
intéressez /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.se/ |
intéressent /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛs/ |
imperfect | intéressais /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sɛ/ |
intéressais /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sɛ/ |
intéressait /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sɛ/ |
intéressions /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
intéressiez /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sje/ |
intéressaient /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | intéressai /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.se/ |
intéressas /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sa/ |
intéressa /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sa/ |
intéressâmes /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sam/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sam/ |
intéressâtes /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sat/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sat/ |
intéressèrent /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
future | intéresserai /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sʁe/ |
intéresseras /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sʁa/ |
intéressera /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sʁa/ |
intéresserons /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/ |
intéresserez /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sʁe/ |
intéresseront /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | intéresserais /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sʁɛ/ |
intéresserais /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sʁɛ/ |
intéresserait /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sʁɛ/ |
intéresserions /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
intéresseriez /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sə.ʁje/ |
intéresseraient /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sʁɛ/ | |
(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 | intéresse /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛs/ |
intéresses /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛs/ |
intéresse /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛs/ |
intéressions /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
intéressiez /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sje/ |
intéressent /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛs/ |
imperfect2 | intéressasse /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sas/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sas/ |
intéressasses /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sas/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sas/ |
intéressât /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sa/ |
intéressassions /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
intéressassiez /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sa.sje/ |
intéressassent /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sas/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | intéresse /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛs/ |
— | intéressons /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.sɔ̃/ |
intéressez /ɛ̃.te.ʁɛ.se/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁe.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). |
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Further reading
- “intéresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.