causer
See also: Causer
English
Pronunciation
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Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- The New International Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, Encyclopedic Edition (2003). →ISBN
French
Pronunciation
Verb
causer
- (informal, transitive) to speak (a language)
- (informal, intransitive) to speak, talk, chat; to be waffling on about
- De quoi il cause ? ― What's he banging on about?
- 1966, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Ces gens-là”:
- Faut vous dire Monsieur que chez ces gens-là / On ne cause pas Monsieur, on ne cause pas, on compte
- You must know, sir, that with these people / They don't talk, sir, they don't talk, they count
Conjugation
Conjugation of causer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | causer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | causant /ko.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | causé /ko.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cause /koz/ |
causes /koz/ |
cause /koz/ |
causons /ko.zɔ̃/ |
causez /ko.ze/ |
causent /koz/ |
| imperfect | causais /ko.zɛ/ |
causais /ko.zɛ/ |
causait /ko.zɛ/ |
causions /ko.zjɔ̃/ |
causiez /ko.zje/ |
causaient /ko.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | causai /ko.ze/ |
causas /ko.za/ |
causa /ko.za/ |
causâmes /ko.zam/ |
causâtes /ko.zat/ |
causèrent /ko.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | causerai /koz.ʁe/ |
causeras /koz.ʁa/ |
causera /koz.ʁa/ |
causerons /koz.ʁɔ̃/ |
causerez /koz.ʁe/ |
causeront /koz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | causerais /koz.ʁɛ/ |
causerais /koz.ʁɛ/ |
causerait /koz.ʁɛ/ |
causerions /ko.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
causeriez /ko.zə.ʁje/ |
causeraient /koz.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 | cause /koz/ |
causes /koz/ |
cause /koz/ |
causions /ko.zjɔ̃/ |
causiez /ko.zje/ |
causent /koz/ |
| imperfect2 | causasse /ko.zas/ |
causasses /ko.zas/ |
causât /ko.za/ |
causassions /ko.za.sjɔ̃/ |
causassiez /ko.za.sje/ |
causassent /ko.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cause /koz/ |
— | causons /ko.zɔ̃/ |
causez /ko.ze/ |
— | |
| 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
Further reading
- “causer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
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