ajuster
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From juste.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ajuster
- (transitive) to adjust; tweak
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ajuster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ajuster | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ajustant /a.ʒys.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ajusté /a.ʒys.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ajuste /a.ʒyst/ |
ajustes /a.ʒyst/ |
ajuste /a.ʒyst/ |
ajustons /a.ʒys.tɔ̃/ |
ajustez /a.ʒys.te/ |
ajustent /a.ʒyst/ |
| imperfect | ajustais /a.ʒys.tɛ/ |
ajustais /a.ʒys.tɛ/ |
ajustait /a.ʒys.tɛ/ |
ajustions /a.ʒys.tjɔ̃/ |
ajustiez /a.ʒys.tje/ |
ajustaient /a.ʒys.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ajustai /a.ʒys.te/ |
ajustas /a.ʒys.ta/ |
ajusta /a.ʒys.ta/ |
ajustâmes /a.ʒys.tam/ |
ajustâtes /a.ʒys.tat/ |
ajustèrent /a.ʒys.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | ajusterai /a.ʒys.tə.ʁe/ |
ajusteras /a.ʒys.tə.ʁa/ |
ajustera /a.ʒys.tə.ʁa/ |
ajusterons /a.ʒys.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
ajusterez /a.ʒys.tə.ʁe/ |
ajusteront /a.ʒys.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ajusterais /a.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/ |
ajusterais /a.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/ |
ajusterait /a.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/ |
ajusterions /a.ʒys.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ajusteriez /a.ʒys.tə.ʁje/ |
ajusteraient /a.ʒys.tə.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 | ajuste /a.ʒyst/ |
ajustes /a.ʒyst/ |
ajuste /a.ʒyst/ |
ajustions /a.ʒys.tjɔ̃/ |
ajustiez /a.ʒys.tje/ |
ajustent /a.ʒyst/ |
| imperfect2 | ajustasse /a.ʒys.tas/ |
ajustasses /a.ʒys.tas/ |
ajustât /a.ʒys.ta/ |
ajustassions /a.ʒys.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
ajustassiez /a.ʒys.ta.sje/ |
ajustassent /a.ʒys.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ajuste /a.ʒyst/ |
— | ajustons /a.ʒys.tɔ̃/ |
ajustez /a.ʒys.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]- “ajuster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.