positiver
English
Adjective
positiver
- (nonstandard) comparative form of positive: more positive
Anagrams
French
Verb
positiver
- to think positively; to be optimistic
Conjugation
Conjugation of positiver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | positiver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | positivant /po.zi.ti.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | positivé /po.zi.ti.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | positive /po.zi.tiv/ |
positives /po.zi.tiv/ |
positive /po.zi.tiv/ |
positivons /po.zi.ti.vɔ̃/ |
positivez /po.zi.ti.ve/ |
positivent /po.zi.tiv/ |
| imperfect | positivais /po.zi.ti.vɛ/ |
positivais /po.zi.ti.vɛ/ |
positivait /po.zi.ti.vɛ/ |
positivions /po.zi.ti.vjɔ̃/ |
positiviez /po.zi.ti.vje/ |
positivaient /po.zi.ti.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | positivai /po.zi.ti.ve/ |
positivas /po.zi.ti.va/ |
positiva /po.zi.ti.va/ |
positivâmes /po.zi.ti.vam/ |
positivâtes /po.zi.ti.vat/ |
positivèrent /po.zi.ti.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | positiverai /po.zi.ti.vʁe/ |
positiveras /po.zi.ti.vʁa/ |
positivera /po.zi.ti.vʁa/ |
positiverons /po.zi.ti.vʁɔ̃/ |
positiverez /po.zi.ti.vʁe/ |
positiveront /po.zi.ti.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | positiverais /po.zi.ti.vʁɛ/ |
positiverais /po.zi.ti.vʁɛ/ |
positiverait /po.zi.ti.vʁɛ/ |
positiverions /po.zi.ti.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
positiveriez /po.zi.ti.və.ʁje/ |
positiveraient /po.zi.ti.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | positive /po.zi.tiv/ |
positives /po.zi.tiv/ |
positive /po.zi.tiv/ |
positivions /po.zi.ti.vjɔ̃/ |
positiviez /po.zi.ti.vje/ |
positivent /po.zi.tiv/ |
| imperfect2 | positivasse /po.zi.ti.vas/ |
positivasses /po.zi.ti.vas/ |
positivât /po.zi.ti.va/ |
positivassions /po.zi.ti.va.sjɔ̃/ |
positivassiez /po.zi.ti.va.sje/ |
positivassent /po.zi.ti.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | positive /po.zi.tiv/ |
— | positivons /po.zi.ti.vɔ̃/ |
positivez /po.zi.ti.ve/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “positiver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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