concerner

See also: concèrner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French concerner, borrowed from Medieval Latin concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“I mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- cernō (“distinguish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne/

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Verb

concerner

1. to concern (be concerned with, be associated with)

Conjugation

Conjugation of concerner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	concerner
	compound	avoir past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	concernant /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		concerné /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	concernes /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	concernons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɔ̃/	concernez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne/	concernent /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/
	imperfect	concernais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛ/	concernais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛ/	concernait /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛ/	concernions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.njɔ̃/	concerniez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nje/	concernaient /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	concernai /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ne/	concernas /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na/	concerna /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na/	concernâmes /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nam/	concernâtes /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nat/	concernèrent /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	concernerai /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/	concerneras /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/	concernera /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁa/	concernerons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	concernerez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁe/	concerneront /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	concernerais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	concernerais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	concernerait /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	concernerions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	concerneriez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.ʁje/	concerneraient /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nə.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	concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	concernes /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	concernions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.njɔ̃/	concerniez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nje/	concernent /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/
	imperfect2	concernasse /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nas/	concernasses /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nas/	concernât /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na/	concernassions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	concernassiez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.na.sje/	concernassent /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	concerne /kɔ̃.sɛʁn/	—	concernons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɔ̃/	concernez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• concernant
• concerné
• en ce qui concerne

Related terms

• discerner

Further reading

• “concerner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.