motiver
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Alternative forms
- motivér
Noun
motiver n
Verb
motiver
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
motiver
Conjugation
| infinitive | simple | motiver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | motivant /mɔ.ti.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | motivé /mɔ.ti.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | motive /mɔ.tiv/ |
motives /mɔ.tiv/ |
motive /mɔ.tiv/ |
motivons /mɔ.ti.vɔ̃/ |
motivez /mɔ.ti.ve/ |
motivent /mɔ.tiv/ |
| imperfect | motivais /mɔ.ti.vɛ/ |
motivais /mɔ.ti.vɛ/ |
motivait /mɔ.ti.vɛ/ |
motivions /mɔ.ti.vjɔ̃/ |
motiviez /mɔ.ti.vje/ |
motivaient /mɔ.ti.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | motivai /mɔ.ti.ve/ |
motivas /mɔ.ti.va/ |
motiva /mɔ.ti.va/ |
motivâmes /mɔ.ti.vam/ |
motivâtes /mɔ.ti.vat/ |
motivèrent /mɔ.ti.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | motiverai /mɔ.ti.vʁe/ |
motiveras /mɔ.ti.vʁa/ |
motivera /mɔ.ti.vʁa/ |
motiverons /mɔ.ti.vʁɔ̃/ |
motiverez /mɔ.ti.vʁe/ |
motiveront /mɔ.ti.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | motiverais /mɔ.ti.vʁɛ/ |
motiverais /mɔ.ti.vʁɛ/ |
motiverait /mɔ.ti.vʁɛ/ |
motiverions /mɔ.ti.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
motiveriez /mɔ.ti.və.ʁje/ |
motiveraient /mɔ.ti.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | motive /mɔ.tiv/ |
motives /mɔ.tiv/ |
motive /mɔ.tiv/ |
motivions /mɔ.ti.vjɔ̃/ |
motiviez /mɔ.ti.vje/ |
motivent /mɔ.tiv/ |
| imperfect2 | motivasse /mɔ.ti.vas/ |
motivasses /mɔ.ti.vas/ |
motivât /mɔ.ti.va/ |
motivassions /mɔ.ti.va.sjɔ̃/ |
motivassiez /mɔ.ti.va.sje/ |
motivassent /mɔ.ti.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | motive /mɔ.tiv/ |
— | motivons /mɔ.ti.vɔ̃/ |
motivez /mɔ.ti.ve/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Conjugation of motiver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “motiver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
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Verb
motiver
Derived terms
- motivâtion (“motivation”)
Alternative forms
- motiv (of noun)
Noun
motiver n
Verb
motiver
Verb
motiver
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