malfaire

French

Etymology

mal + faire, or from Latin malefacere, present active infinitive of malefaciō. Compare Italian malfare.

Pronunciation
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Verb

malfaire

  1. (archaic) do wrong

Conjugation
Conjugation of malfaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple malfaire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple malfaisant
/mal.fə.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle malfait
/mal.fɛ/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present malfais
/mal.fɛ/		 malfais
/mal.fɛ/		 malfait
/mal.fɛ/		 malfaisons
/mal.fə.zɔ̃/		 malfaites
/mal.fɛt/		 malfont
/mal.fɔ̃/
imperfect malfaisais
/mal.fə.zɛ/		 malfaisais
/mal.fə.zɛ/		 malfaisait
/mal.fə.zɛ/		 malfaisions
/mal.fə.zjɔ̃/		 malfaisiez
/mal.fə.zje/		 malfaisaient
/mal.fə.zɛ/
past historic2 malfis
/mal.fi/		 malfis
/mal.fi/		 malfit
/mal.fi/		 malfîmes
/mal.fim/		 malfîtes
/mal.fit/		 malfirent
/mal.fiʁ/
future malferai
/mal.fə.ʁe/		 malferas
/mal.fə.ʁa/		 malfera
/mal.fə.ʁa/		 malferons
/mal.fə.ʁɔ̃/		 malferez
/mal.fə.ʁe/		 malferont
/mal.fə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional malferais
/mal.fə.ʁɛ/		 malferais
/mal.fə.ʁɛ/		 malferait
/mal.fə.ʁɛ/		 malferions
/mal.fə.ʁjɔ̃/		 malferiez
/mal.fə.ʁje/		 malferaient
/mal.fə.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 malfasse
/mal.fas/		 malfasses
/mal.fas/		 malfasse
/mal.fas/		 malfassions
/mal.fa.sjɔ̃/		 malfassiez
/mal.fa.sje/		 malfassent
/mal.fas/
imperfect2 malfisse
/mal.fis/		 malfisses
/mal.fis/		 malfît
/mal.fi/		 malfissions
/mal.fi.sjɔ̃/		 malfissiez
/mal.fi.sje/		 malfissent
/mal.fis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — malfais
/mal.fɛ/		 — malfaisons
/mal.fə.zɔ̃/		 malfaites
/mal.fɛt/		 —
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).

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