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/tʁɑ̃s.fɔʁ.me/

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Translation

to transform, to change

Word origin

From Latin transformare, from trans- ('across, beyond') and formare ('to shape'), itself from forma ('shape, form'). English 'transform' comes from the same verb.

Origin
Latin
Root
transformare
English cognates
transform, form, formation

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jetransformetransformaistransformaitransformeraitransformerais
tutransformestransformaistransformastransformerastransformerais
il/elletransformetransformaittransformatransformeratransformerait
noustransformonstransformionstransformâmestransformeronstransformerions
voustransformeztransformieztransformâtestransformereztransformeriez
ils/ellestransformenttransformaienttransformèrenttransformeronttransformeraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jetransformetransformasse
tutransformestransformasses
il/elletransformetransformât
noustransformionstransformassions
voustransformieztransformassiez
ils/ellestransformenttransformassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tutransforme
noustransformons
voustransformez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
transformant
Past participle
transformé · transformée · transformés · transformées

Examples

grange '.

They turned the old barn into a guest house.

l' .

That trip changed her completely.

.

Heat turns ice into water.

' .

The neighbourhood has been transformed in ten years.

.

We are looking to change our working habits.

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This word is part of lesson 32.