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je motive

motivates, prompts

→ motiver
motiv to motivate, to encourage + e Present/subjunctive ending for je/il; tu command
verb · 1st-person singular, present tense / 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Rare #42,050
motivates, prompts Can mean to give someone a reason or encouragement to act; in this sense, English often uses “motivate.”
FR: La musique me motive à courir.
EN: Music motivates me to run.
Conjugation of motiver
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First motive —
Third motive —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First motive —
Third motive —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second motive —

Et c'est cette lettre qui motive l'arrestation de Baratéli ?

And is it this letter that prompts Baratéli’s arrest?

— Le repentir (1987)

Ça motive.

It's motivating.

— Des hommes d'honneur (1992)

Ça te motive pas trop.

That doesn’t really motivate you.

— Girlhood (2014)

Parle-lui normalement, motive-le, fais des plaisanteries.

Talk to him normally, motivate him, make jokes.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Qu'est-ce qui te motive ?

What motivates you?

— Crime 101 (2026)

Qu'est-ce qui vous motive ?

What motivates you?

Rien d'autre ne vous motive ?

Nothing else motivates you?

— Intouchables (2011)