nier (pluralniere)
nier c (singular definitenieren,plural indefiniteniere)
| common gender | singular | plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | nier | nieren | niere | nierne |
| genitive | niers | nierens | nieres | niernes |
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| es | toer | treer | firer | femmer | sekser | syver |
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| otter | nier | tier | knægt,bonde | dame,dronning | konge | joker |
FromMiddle Dutchniere, fromOld Dutch*nioro, fromProto-Germanic*neurô, fromProto-Indo-European*negʷʰrós.
nier f (pluralnieren,diminutiveniertje n)
Inherited fromOld Frenchnoiier (stressed stemni-), fromLatinnegāre. Reformed to avoid confusion withnoyer.
nier
| infinitive | simple | nier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | niant /njɑ̃/ or/ni.ɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | nié /nje/ or/ni.e/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | nie /ni/ | nies /ni/ | nie /ni/ | nions /njɔ̃/ or/ni.ɔ̃/ | niez /nje/ or/ni.e/ | nient /ni/ |
| imperfect | niais /njɛ/ or/ni.ɛ/ | niais /njɛ/ or/ni.ɛ/ | niait /njɛ/ or/ni.ɛ/ | niions /ni.jɔ̃/ | niiez /ni.je/ | niaient /njɛ/ or/ni.ɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | niai /nje/ or/ni.e/ | nias /nja/ or/ni.a/ | nia /nja/ or/ni.a/ | niâmes /njam/ or/ni.am/ | niâtes /njat/ or/ni.at/ | nièrent /njɛʁ/ or/ni.ɛʁ/ | |
| future | nierai /ni.ʁe/ or/ni.ə.ʁe/ | nieras /ni.ʁa/ or/ni.ə.ʁa/ | niera /ni.ʁa/ or/ni.ə.ʁa/ | nierons /ni.ʁɔ̃/ or/ni.ə.ʁɔ̃/ | nierez /ni.ʁe/ or/ni.ə.ʁe/ | nieront /ni.ʁɔ̃/ or/ni.ə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | nierais /ni.ʁɛ/ or/ni.ə.ʁɛ/ | nierais /ni.ʁɛ/ or/ni.ə.ʁɛ/ | nierait /ni.ʁɛ/ or/ni.ə.ʁɛ/ | nierions /ni.ʁjɔ̃/ or/ni.ə.ʁjɔ̃/ | nieriez /ni.ʁje/ or/ni.ə.ʁje/ | nieraient /ni.ʁɛ/ or/ni.ə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | nie /ni/ | nies /ni/ | nie /ni/ | niions /ni.jɔ̃/ | niiez /ni.je/ | nient /ni/ |
| imperfect2 | niasse /njas/ or/ni.as/ | niasses /njas/ or/ni.as/ | niât /nja/ or/ni.a/ | niassions /nja.sjɔ̃/ or/ni.a.sjɔ̃/ | niassiez /nja.sje/ or/ni.a.sje/ | niassent /njas/ or/ni.as/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | nie /ni/ | — | nions /njɔ̃/ or/ni.ɔ̃/ | niez /nje/ or/ni.e/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen. | |||||||
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). | |||||||