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ébattre
ébattre
French
Verb
ébattre
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like battre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *ébatt and *ébatts, it has the forms ébat and ébats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.
Conjugation of ébattre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ébattre | avoir ébattu | |||||
| gerund | en ébattant | en ayant ébattu | |||||
| present participle | ébattant /e.ba.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ébattu /e.ba.ty/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ébats /e.ba/ |
ébats /e.ba/ |
ébat /e.ba/ |
ébattons /e.ba.tɔ̃/ |
ébattez /e.ba.te/ |
ébattent /e.bat/ |
| imperfect | ébattais /e.ba.tɛ/ |
ébattais /e.ba.tɛ/ |
ébattait /e.ba.tɛ/ |
ébattions /e.ba.tjɔ̃/ |
ébattiez /e.ba.tje/ |
ébattaient /e.ba.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ébattis /e.ba.ti/ |
ébattis /e.ba.ti/ |
ébattit /e.ba.ti/ |
ébattîmes /e.ba.tim/ |
ébattîtes /e.ba.tit/ |
ébattirent /e.ba.tiʁ/ |
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| future | ébattrai /e.ba.tʁe/ |
ébattras /e.ba.tʁa/ |
ébattra /e.ba.tʁa/ |
ébattrons /e.ba.tʁɔ̃/ |
ébattrez /e.ba.tʁe/ |
ébattront /e.ba.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ébattrais /e.ba.tʁɛ/ |
ébattrais /e.ba.tʁɛ/ |
ébattrait /e.ba.tʁɛ/ |
ébattrions /e.ba.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
ébattriez /e.ba.tʁi.je/ |
ébattraient /e.ba.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ébatte /e.bat/ |
ébattes /e.bat/ |
ébatte /e.bat/ |
ébattions /e.ba.tjɔ̃/ |
ébattiez /e.ba.tje/ |
ébattent /e.bat/ |
| imperfect1 |
ébattisse /e.ba.tis/ |
ébattisses /e.ba.tis/ |
ébattît /e.ba.ti/ |
ébattissions /e.ba.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
ébattissiez /e.ba.ti.sje/ |
ébattissent /e.ba.tis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | ébats /e.ba/ |
— | ébattons /e.ba.tɔ̃/ |
ébattez /e.ba.te/ |
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