mâter
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mâter
- to mast (put a mast on a watercraft)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of mâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | mâter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | mâtant /ma.tɑ̃/ or /mɑ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | mâté /ma.te/ or /mɑ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | mâte /mat/ or /mɑt/ |
mâtes /mat/ or /mɑt/ |
mâte /mat/ or /mɑt/ |
mâtons /ma.tɔ̃/ or /mɑ.tɔ̃/ |
mâtez /ma.te/ or /mɑ.te/ |
mâtent /mat/ or /mɑt/ |
| imperfect | mâtais /ma.tɛ/ or /mɑ.tɛ/ |
mâtais /ma.tɛ/ or /mɑ.tɛ/ |
mâtait /ma.tɛ/ or /mɑ.tɛ/ |
mâtions /ma.tjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
mâtiez /ma.tje/ or /mɑ.tje/ |
mâtaient /ma.tɛ/ or /mɑ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mâtai /ma.te/ or /mɑ.te/ |
mâtas /ma.ta/ or /mɑ.ta/ |
mâta /ma.ta/ or /mɑ.ta/ |
mâtâmes /ma.tam/ or /mɑ.tam/ |
mâtâtes /ma.tat/ or /mɑ.tat/ |
mâtèrent /ma.tɛʁ/ or /mɑ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | mâterai /ma.tʁe/ or /mɑ.tʁe/ |
mâteras /ma.tʁa/ or /mɑ.tʁa/ |
mâtera /ma.tʁa/ or /mɑ.tʁa/ |
mâterons /ma.tʁɔ̃/ or /mɑ.tʁɔ̃/ |
mâterez /ma.tʁe/ or /mɑ.tʁe/ |
mâteront /ma.tʁɔ̃/ or /mɑ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mâterais /ma.tʁɛ/ or /mɑ.tʁɛ/ |
mâterais /ma.tʁɛ/ or /mɑ.tʁɛ/ |
mâterait /ma.tʁɛ/ or /mɑ.tʁɛ/ |
mâterions /ma.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mâteriez /ma.tə.ʁje/ or /mɑ.tə.ʁje/ |
mâteraient /ma.tʁɛ/ or /mɑ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | mâte /mat/ or /mɑt/ |
mâtes /mat/ or /mɑt/ |
mâte /mat/ or /mɑt/ |
mâtions /ma.tjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
mâtiez /ma.tje/ or /mɑ.tje/ |
mâtent /mat/ or /mɑt/ |
| imperfect2 | mâtasse /ma.tas/ or /mɑ.tas/ |
mâtasses /ma.tas/ or /mɑ.tas/ |
mâtât /ma.ta/ or /mɑ.ta/ |
mâtassions /ma.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
mâtassiez /ma.ta.sje/ or /mɑ.ta.sje/ |
mâtassent /ma.tas/ or /mɑ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mâte /mat/ or /mɑt/ |
— | mâtons /ma.tɔ̃/ or /mɑ.tɔ̃/ |
mâtez /ma.te/ or /mɑ.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mâter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mâter