gêner
See also: gener
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French genner, from Old French gehisner, derivative of gehine (“torture resulting from confession, embarrassment”), of Frankish origin. By surface analysis, gêne + -er.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgêner
- to hinder, hamper, bother
- to bother, annoy, irritate
- to embarrass
- Arrête de me regarder comme ça, ça me gêne.
- Stop looking at me like that; it's making me uncomfortable.
- (reflexive) to be bothered about something
- Ne te gêne pas, surtout ! ― Don't mind me!
- Je vais me gêner, tiens ! ― See if I care!
Conjugation
editConjugation of gêner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | gêner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | gênant /ʒɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ʒe.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | gêné /ʒɛ.ne/ or /ʒe.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | gêne /ʒɛn/ |
gênes /ʒɛn/ |
gêne /ʒɛn/ |
gênons /ʒɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ʒe.nɔ̃/ |
gênez /ʒɛ.ne/ or /ʒe.ne/ |
gênent /ʒɛn/ |
imperfect | gênais /ʒɛ.nɛ/ or /ʒe.nɛ/ |
gênais /ʒɛ.nɛ/ or /ʒe.nɛ/ |
gênait /ʒɛ.nɛ/ or /ʒe.nɛ/ |
gênions /ʒɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ʒe.njɔ̃/ |
gêniez /ʒɛ.nje/ or /ʒe.nje/ |
gênaient /ʒɛ.nɛ/ or /ʒe.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | gênai /ʒɛ.ne/ or /ʒe.ne/ |
gênas /ʒɛ.na/ or /ʒe.na/ |
gêna /ʒɛ.na/ or /ʒe.na/ |
gênâmes /ʒɛ.nam/ or /ʒe.nam/ |
gênâtes /ʒɛ.nat/ or /ʒe.nat/ |
gênèrent /ʒɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ʒe.nɛʁ/ | |
future | gênerai /ʒɛn.ʁe/ |
gêneras /ʒɛn.ʁa/ |
gênera /ʒɛn.ʁa/ |
gênerons /ʒɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
gênerez /ʒɛn.ʁe/ |
gêneront /ʒɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | gênerais /ʒɛn.ʁɛ/ |
gênerais /ʒɛn.ʁɛ/ |
gênerait /ʒɛn.ʁɛ/ |
gênerions /ʒɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʒe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gêneriez /ʒɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʒe.nə.ʁje/ |
gêneraient /ʒɛn.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 | gêne /ʒɛn/ |
gênes /ʒɛn/ |
gêne /ʒɛn/ |
gênions /ʒɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ʒe.njɔ̃/ |
gêniez /ʒɛ.nje/ or /ʒe.nje/ |
gênent /ʒɛn/ |
imperfect2 | gênasse /ʒɛ.nas/ or /ʒe.nas/ |
gênasses /ʒɛ.nas/ or /ʒe.nas/ |
gênât /ʒɛ.na/ or /ʒe.na/ |
gênassions /ʒɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ʒe.na.sjɔ̃/ |
gênassiez /ʒɛ.na.sje/ or /ʒe.na.sje/ |
gênassent /ʒɛ.nas/ or /ʒe.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | gêne /ʒɛn/ |
— | gênons /ʒɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ʒe.nɔ̃/ |
gênez /ʒɛ.ne/ or /ʒe.ne/ |
— | |
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). |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “gêner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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