French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English conscientize.[1] By surface analysis, conscient + -iser.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.ze/
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Verb
[edit]conscientiser
- (transitive) to make aware, to sensitize
- Near-synonym: sensibiliser
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of conscientiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | conscientiser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | conscientisant /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | conscientisé /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | conscientise /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ |
conscientises /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ |
conscientise /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ |
conscientisons /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɔ̃/ |
conscientisez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.ze/ |
conscientisent /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ |
| imperfect | conscientisais /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛ/ |
conscientisais /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛ/ |
conscientisait /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛ/ |
conscientisions /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zjɔ̃/ |
conscientisiez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zje/ |
conscientisaient /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | conscientisai /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.ze/ |
conscientisas /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za/ |
conscientisa /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za/ |
conscientisâmes /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zam/ |
conscientisâtes /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zat/ |
conscientisèrent /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | conscientiserai /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁe/ |
conscientiseras /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁa/ |
conscientisera /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁa/ |
conscientiserons /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɔ̃/ |
conscientiserez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁe/ |
conscientiseront /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | conscientiserais /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɛ/ |
conscientiserais /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɛ/ |
conscientiserait /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɛ/ |
conscientiserions /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
conscientiseriez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zə.ʁje/ |
conscientiseraient /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.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 | conscientise /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ |
conscientises /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ |
conscientise /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ |
conscientisions /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zjɔ̃/ |
conscientisiez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zje/ |
conscientisent /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ |
| imperfect2 | conscientisasse /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zas/ |
conscientisasses /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zas/ |
conscientisât /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za/ |
conscientisassions /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za.sjɔ̃/ |
conscientisassiez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za.sje/ |
conscientisassent /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | conscientise /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ |
— | conscientisons /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɔ̃/ |
conscientisez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.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). | |||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Académie française (7 March 2013), “Conscientiser”, in Dire, ne pas dire - Emplois fautifs (in French): “Le verbe conscientiser, qui tend à se répandre dans la langue courante, est une transcription du néologisme anglais to conscientize.”
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