objecter
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔb.ʒɛk.te/
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Verb
objecter
- (transitive) to object to (oppose oneself to something or someone)
- (transitive) to adduce, to allege (propose as a justification or excuse)
- Synonym: alléguer
Conjugation
Conjugation of objecter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | objecter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | objectant /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | objecté /ɔb.ʒɛk.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | objecte /ɔb.ʒɛkt/ |
objectes /ɔb.ʒɛkt/ |
objecte /ɔb.ʒɛkt/ |
objectons /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɔ̃/ |
objectez /ɔb.ʒɛk.te/ |
objectent /ɔb.ʒɛkt/ |
| imperfect | objectais /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɛ/ |
objectais /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɛ/ |
objectait /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɛ/ |
objections /ɔb.ʒɛk.tjɔ̃/ |
objectiez /ɔb.ʒɛk.tje/ |
objectaient /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | objectai /ɔb.ʒɛk.te/ |
objectas /ɔb.ʒɛk.ta/ |
objecta /ɔb.ʒɛk.ta/ |
objectâmes /ɔb.ʒɛk.tam/ |
objectâtes /ɔb.ʒɛk.tat/ |
objectèrent /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | objecterai /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁe/ |
objecteras /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁa/ |
objectera /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁa/ |
objecterons /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
objecterez /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁe/ |
objecteront /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | objecterais /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ |
objecterais /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ |
objecterait /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁɛ/ |
objecterions /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
objecteriez /ɔb.ʒɛk.tə.ʁje/ |
objecteraient /ɔb.ʒɛk.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 | objecte /ɔb.ʒɛkt/ |
objectes /ɔb.ʒɛkt/ |
objecte /ɔb.ʒɛkt/ |
objections /ɔb.ʒɛk.tjɔ̃/ |
objectiez /ɔb.ʒɛk.tje/ |
objectent /ɔb.ʒɛkt/ |
| imperfect2 | objectasse /ɔb.ʒɛk.tas/ |
objectasses /ɔb.ʒɛk.tas/ |
objectât /ɔb.ʒɛk.ta/ |
objectassions /ɔb.ʒɛk.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
objectassiez /ɔb.ʒɛk.ta.sje/ |
objectassent /ɔb.ʒɛk.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | objecte /ɔb.ʒɛkt/ |
— | objectons /ɔb.ʒɛk.tɔ̃/ |
objectez /ɔb.ʒɛk.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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “objecter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.