concerner
See also: concèrner
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French concerner, borrowed from Medieval Latin 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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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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “concerner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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