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alterner
alterner
French
Verb
alterner
- to alternate
Conjugation
Conjugation of alterner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | alterner | avoir alterné | |||||
| gerund | en alternant | en ayant alterné | |||||
| present participle | alternant /al.tɛʁ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | alterné /al.tɛʁ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | alterne /al.tɛʁn/ |
alternes /al.tɛʁn/ |
alterne /al.tɛʁn/ |
alternons /al.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
alternez /al.tɛʁ.ne/ |
alternent /al.tɛʁn/ |
| imperfect | alternais /al.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
alternais /al.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
alternait /al.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
alternions /al.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
alterniez /al.tɛʁ.nje/ |
alternaient /al.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | alternai /al.tɛʁ.ne/ |
alternas /al.tɛʁ.na/ |
alterna /al.tɛʁ.na/ |
alternâmes /al.tɛʁ.nam/ |
alternâtes /al.tɛʁ.nat/ |
alternèrent /al.tɛʁ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | alternerai /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
alterneras /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
alternera /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
alternerons /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
alternerez /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
alterneront /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | alternerais /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
alternerais /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
alternerait /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
alternerions /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
alterneriez /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
alterneraient /al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | alterne /al.tɛʁn/ |
alternes /al.tɛʁn/ |
alterne /al.tɛʁn/ |
alternions /al.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
alterniez /al.tɛʁ.nje/ |
alternent /al.tɛʁn/ |
| imperfect1 |
alternasse /al.tɛʁ.nas/ |
alternasses /al.tɛʁ.nas/ |
alternât /al.tɛʁ.na/ |
alternassions /al.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
alternassiez /al.tɛʁ.na.sje/ |
alternassent /al.tɛʁ.nas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | alterne /al.tɛʁn/ |
— | alternons /al.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
alternez /al.tɛʁ.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||