L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Introduction to the verb fainéanter
The English translation of the French verb fainéanter is “to laze around/to be lazy.” It is pronounced as “feh-nay-ahn-teh.”
The word fainéanter comes from the French word “fainéant,” which means “lazy.” It is derived from the Old French word “fainéant,” which comes from the Latin word “facere” (to do) and the Old French word “néant” (nothing). In everyday French, fainéanter is used in the infinitive present tense to describe someone who is being lazy or not doing anything productive.
Examples:
- Je n’aime pas quand tu fainéantes toute la journée. (I don’t like it when you laze around all day.)
- Nous devrions sortir plutôt que de fainéanter à la maison. (We should go out instead of lazing around at home.)
- Est-ce que tu vas fainéanter encore longtemps ou vas-tu enfin te mettre au travail? (Are you going to keep lazing around or will you finally start working?)
English translations:
- I don’t like it when you’re being lazy all day.
- We should go out instead of being lazy at home.
- Are you going to keep lazing around or will you finally start working?
Table of the L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of fainéanter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | fainéante | Je fainéante à la maison. | I loaf at home. |
tu | fainéantes | Tu fainéantes toute la journée. | You loaf all day. |
il | fainéante | Il fainéante au travail. | He loafs at work. |
elle | fainéante | Elle fainéante en classe. | She loafs in class. |
on | fainéante | On fainéante souvent. | We loaf often. |
nous | fainéantons | Nous fainéantons ensemble. | We loaf together. |
vous | fainéantez | Vous fainéantez pendant les vacances. | You loaf during vacations. |
ils | fainéantent | Ils fainéantent au parc. | They loaf at the park. |
elles | fainéantent | Elles fainéantent au café. | They loaf at the cafe. |
Other Conjugations for Fainéanter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb fainéanter (this article)
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Fainéanter – About the French L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense
Forming the Infinitive Present
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
As a Verb’s Dictionary Form
After Modal Verbs
As an Imperative
In Infinitive Clauses
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Tense
Future Tense
Conditional Tense
Passé Composé
Imperfect Tense
Subjunctive and Conditional Moods
Summary
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