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apostropher
apostropher
French
Verb
apostropher
- (transitive) To apostrophize
- (transitive) To speak sharply or harshly at
Conjugation
Conjugation of apostropher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | apostropher | avoir apostrophé | |||||
| gerund | en apostrophant | en ayant apostrophé | |||||
| present participle | apostrophant /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | apostrophé /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
apostrophes /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
apostrophons /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɔ̃/ |
apostrophez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/ |
apostrophent /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
| imperfect | apostrophais /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛ/ |
apostrophais /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛ/ |
apostrophait /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛ/ |
apostrophions /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fjɔ̃/ |
apostrophiez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fje/ |
apostrophaient /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | apostrophai /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/ |
apostrophas /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa/ |
apostropha /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa/ |
apostrophâmes /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fam/ |
apostrophâtes /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fat/ |
apostrophèrent /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɛʁ/ |
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| future | apostropherai /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁe/ |
apostropheras /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁa/ |
apostrophera /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁa/ |
apostropherons /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɔ̃/ |
apostropherez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁe/ |
apostropheront /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | apostropherais /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/ |
apostropherais /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/ |
apostropherait /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/ |
apostropherions /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
apostropheriez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fə.ʁje/ |
apostropheraient /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fʁɛ/ |
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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 | apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
apostrophes /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
apostrophions /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fjɔ̃/ |
apostrophiez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fje/ |
apostrophent /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
| imperfect1 |
apostrophasse /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fas/ |
apostrophasses /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fas/ |
apostrophât /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa/ |
apostrophassions /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
apostrophassiez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fa.sje/ |
apostrophassent /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | apostrophe /a.pɔs.tʁɔf/ |
— | apostrophons /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fɔ̃/ |
apostrophez /a.pɔs.tʁɔ.fe/ |
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