All verbs

cuisiner

/kyizine/to cookA2

Family
Group 1 — regular `-er`
Takes
a direct object · no object — With or without an object

Build map — what to memorise

These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.

The nous form
cuisinons
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

cuisin-+-e -es -e

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

cuisin-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

cuisin-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

cuisin-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

cuisin-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
cuisiner
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

cuisiner-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

cuisiner-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

cuisiner

Past participle
cuisiné

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

cuisiné

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

cuisiné

Conjugation

présent
Ije cuisine/ʒə kyizin/I cook
youtu cuisines/ty kyizin/you cook
he/sheil cuisine/il kyizin/he cooks
wenous cuisinons/nu kyizinɔ̃/we cook
youvous cuisinez/vu kyizine/you cook
theyils cuisinent/il kyizin/they cook

Examples

  • J'aime cuisiner.

    /ʒɛm kɥi.zi.ne/

    I like cooking.

  • Ce soir, c'est moi qui cuisine.

    /sə swaʁ sɛ mwa ki kɥi.zin/

    I'm cooking tonight.

  • Il a cuisiné un plat italien.

    /il a kɥi.zi.ne œ̃ pla i.ta.ljɛ̃/

    He cooked an Italian dish.

Set phrases

  • faire la cuisine

    to do the cooking

Notes

  • faire la cuisine is commoner than cuisiner for the everyday activity. And la cuisine is both the kitchen and the cooking.