comporter
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin comportare.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]comporter
- (transitive) to include
- Le frontispice de l’édifice public comportait d’ailleurs toujours l’inscription « Ecole-Marie ».
- The frontispiece of the public building still included the inscription "Ecole-Marie."
- (transitive) to consist of, comprise
- (transitive) to entail (formal, risk), involve
- (reflexive) to behave, act
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of comporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | comporter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | comportant /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | comporté /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
comportes /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
comportons /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
comportez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ |
comportent /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect | comportais /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
comportais /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
comportait /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
comportions /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
comportiez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tje/ |
comportaient /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | comportai /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ |
comportas /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
comporta /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
comportâmes /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tam/ |
comportâtes /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tat/ |
comportèrent /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | comporterai /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
comporteras /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
comportera /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
comporterons /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
comporterez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
comporteront /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | comporterais /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
comporterais /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
comporterait /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
comporterions /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
comporteriez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/ |
comporteraient /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.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 | comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
comportes /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
comportions /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
comportiez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tje/ |
comportent /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect2 | comportasse /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/ |
comportasses /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/ |
comportât /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
comportassions /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
comportassiez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sje/ |
comportassent /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
— | comportons /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
comportez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.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). | |||||||
Conjugation of se comporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se comporter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se comportant /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | comporté /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me comporte /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
te comportes /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
se comporte /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
nous comportons /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
vous comportez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ |
se comportent /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect | me comportais /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
te comportais /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
se comportait /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
nous comportions /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
vous comportiez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tje/ |
se comportaient /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me comportai /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ |
te comportas /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
se comporta /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
nous comportâmes /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tam/ |
vous comportâtes /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tat/ |
se comportèrent /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | me comporterai /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
te comporteras /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
se comportera /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
nous comporterons /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous comporterez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
se comporteront /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me comporterais /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
te comporterais /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
se comporterait /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
nous comporterions /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous comporteriez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/ |
se comporteraient /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me comporte /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
te comportes /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
se comporte /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
nous comportions /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
vous comportiez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tje/ |
se comportent /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect2 | me comportasse /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/ |
te comportasses /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/ |
se comportât /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
nous comportassions /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
vous comportassiez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sje/ |
se comportassent /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | comporte-toi /kɔ̃.pɔʁt.twa/ |
— | comportons-nous /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃.nu/ |
comportez-vous /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: comporteren
Further reading
[edit]- “comporter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]comporter
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