Fromintensify +-er; from the most common use of such terms, tointensify an adjective.
intensifier (pluralintensifiers)
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intensifier
| infinitive | simple | intensifier | |||||
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| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | simple | intensifiant /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | intensifié /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | intensifie /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/ | intensifies /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/ | intensifie /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/ | intensifions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɔ̃/ | intensifiez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fje/ | intensifient /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/ |
| imperfect | intensifiais /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɛ/ | intensifiais /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɛ/ | intensifiait /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɛ/ | intensifiions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.jɔ̃/ | intensifiiez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.je/ | intensifiaient /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | intensifiai /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fje/ | intensifias /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fja/ | intensifia /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fja/ | intensifiâmes /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjam/ | intensifiâtes /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjat/ | intensifièrent /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | intensifierai /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁe/ | intensifieras /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁa/ | intensifiera /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁa/ | intensifierons /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | intensifierez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁe/ | intensifieront /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | intensifierais /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁɛ/ | intensifierais /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁɛ/ | intensifierait /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁɛ/ | intensifierions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | intensifieriez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁje/ | intensifieraient /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.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 | intensifie /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/ | intensifies /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/ | intensifie /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/ | intensifiions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.jɔ̃/ | intensifiiez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.je/ | intensifient /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | intensifiasse /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjas/ | intensifiasses /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjas/ | intensifiât /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fja/ | intensifiassions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fja.sjɔ̃/ | intensifiassiez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fja.sje/ | intensifiassent /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | intensifie /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/ | — | intensifions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɔ̃/ | intensifiez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fje/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
