L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Introduction to the verb coloniser
The English translation of the French verb coloniser is to colonize. It is pronounced as “koh-loh-nee-zay” in its infinitive form.
Coloniser comes from the Latin word “colonus” meaning “farmer” or “tiller of the soil”. In French, it is most often used in its past participle form “colonisé” to refer to the action of establishing a colony or settling in a foreign land. In everyday French, it is often used in the L’impératif Présent tense, which is the command form of the verb, to give orders or make requests.
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Allons coloniser ce nouveau territoire ! (Let’s colonize this new territory!)
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Ne colonisez pas les terres des autochtones. (Do not colonize the lands of the indigenous people.)
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Colonisons ensemble l’espace infini ! (Let’s colonize the infinite space together!)
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Let’s colonize = Allons coloniser
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Don’t colonize = Ne colonisez pas
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Let’s colonize together = Colonisons ensemble
Table of the L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of coloniser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | colonise | Colonise ces terres. | Colonize these lands. |
tu | colonise | Colonise cet endroit. | Colonize this place. |
il | colonise | Il colonise de nouveaux territoires. | He is colonizing new territories. |
elle | colonise | Elle colonise des pays étrangers. | She is colonizing foreign countries. |
on | colonise | On colonise pour étendre l’empire. | We colonize to expand the empire. |
nous | colonisons | Colonisons ensemble. | Let’s colonize together. |
vous | colonisez | Colonisez ces îles lointaines. | Colonize these distant islands. |
ils | colonisent | Ils colonisent depuis des siècles. | They have been colonizing for centuries. |
elles | colonisent | Elles colonisent pour étendre leur influence. | They are colonizing to expand their influence. |
Other Conjugations for Coloniser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser (this article)
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb coloniser
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Coloniser – About the French L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense
Usage
Giving commands
Making requests
Offering advice
Expressing desires
Conjugation Formation
Interactions with other tenses
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