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conter
conter
French
Verb
conter
- to recount (tell a story)
Conjugation
Conjugation of conter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | conter | avoir conté | |||||
| gerund | en contant | en ayant conté | |||||
| present participle | contant /kɔ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | conté /kɔ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | conte /kɔ̃t/ |
contes /kɔ̃t/ |
conte /kɔ̃t/ |
contons /kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contez /kɔ̃.te/ |
content /kɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect | contais /kɔ̃.tɛ/ |
contais /kɔ̃.tɛ/ |
contait /kɔ̃.tɛ/ |
contions /kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
contiez /kɔ̃.tje/ |
contaient /kɔ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | contai /kɔ̃.te/ |
contas /kɔ̃.ta/ |
conta /kɔ̃.ta/ |
contâmes /kɔ̃.tam/ |
contâtes /kɔ̃.tat/ |
contèrent /kɔ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | conterai /kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
conteras /kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
contera /kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
conterons /kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
conterez /kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
conteront /kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | conterais /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
conterais /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
conterait /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
conterions /kɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
conteriez /kɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
conteraient /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | conte /kɔ̃t/ |
contes /kɔ̃t/ |
conte /kɔ̃t/ |
contions /kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
contiez /kɔ̃.tje/ |
content /kɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
contasse /kɔ̃.tas/ |
contasses /kɔ̃.tas/ |
contât /kɔ̃.ta/ |
contassions /kɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
contassiez /kɔ̃.ta.sje/ |
contassent /kɔ̃.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | conte /kɔ̃t/ |
— | contons /kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contez /kɔ̃.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō (“I contain”)
Verb
conter (first-person singular present conteño, first-person singular preterite contiven, past participle contido)
- to contain
- first-person singular personal infinitive of conter
- third-person singular personal infinitive of conter
Conjugation
Conjugation of conter (irregular)
Related terms
Old French
Alternative forms
- (Anglo-Norman) cunter
Etymology
From Latin computāre, present active infinitive of computō (“compute”).
Verb
conter
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of conter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | conter | avoir conté | |||||
| gerund | en contant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | contant | ||||||
| past participle | conté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cont | contes | conte | contons | contez | content |
| imperfect | contoie, conteie, contoe, conteve | contoies, conteies, contoes, conteves | contoit, conteit, contot, conteve | contiiens, contiens | contiiez, contiez | contoient, conteient, contoent, contevent | |
| preterite | contai | contas | conta | contames | contastes | conterent | |
| future | conterai | conteras | contera | conterons | conteroiz, contereiz, conterez | conteront | |
| conditional | conteroie, contereie | conteroies, contereies | conteroit, contereit | conteriiens, conteriens | conteriiez, conteriez | conteroient, contereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | cont | conz | cont | contons | contez | content |
| imperfect | contasse | contasses | contast | contissons, contissiens | contissoiz, contissez, contissiez | contassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | conte | — | contons | contez | — | ||
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈteɾ/
- Hyphenation: con‧ter
Verb
conter (first-person singular present indicative contenho, past participle contido)
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:conter.
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb conter
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French conter, from Latin computō, computare (“compute”).
Verb
conter
- to count