/fe.li.si.te/
Translation
to congratulate
Word origin
From Latin felicitare, from felix ('happy, fortunate'). English felicity and felicitous share the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- felix
- English cognates
- felicity, felicitous
Grammar
Conjugation
Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.
Indicative
| Person | Present | Imperfect | Past historic | Future | Conditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| je | félicite | félicitais | félicitai | féliciterai | féliciterais |
| tu | félicites | félicitais | félicitas | féliciteras | féliciterais |
| il/elle | félicite | félicitait | félicita | félicitera | féliciterait |
| nous | félicitons | félicitions | félicitâmes | féliciterons | féliciterions |
| vous | félicitez | félicitiez | félicitâtes | féliciterez | féliciteriez |
| ils/elles | félicitent | félicitaient | félicitèrent | féliciteront | féliciteraient |
Subjunctive
| Person | Present | Imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| je | félicite | félicitasse |
| tu | félicites | félicitasses |
| il/elle | félicite | félicitât |
| nous | félicitions | félicitassions |
| vous | félicitiez | félicitassiez |
| ils/elles | félicitent | félicitassent |
Imperative
| Person | Affirmative |
|---|---|
| tu | félicite |
| nous | félicitons |
| vous | félicitez |
Non-finite
- Gerund / present participle
- félicitant
- Past participle
- félicité · félicitée · félicités · félicitées
Examples
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I congratulate you on your new job.
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The whole family congratulated the newlyweds.
' ' .
He congratulated himself on having made that decision.
The reflexive shifts the sense from congratulating someone else to being pleased with yourself: "il s'est félicité d'avoir pris cette décision" is closer to "he was pleased with himself for" than to "he congratulated himself" in any formal sense.
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