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apparaitre
apparaitre
See also: apparaître
French
Verb
apparaitre
- Alternative spelling of apparaître
Conjugation
This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs, that are all conjugated the same way. They are conjugated the same as the alternative spelling, which has a circumflex over the ‘i’, except that the circumflex is dropped here.
Conjugation of apparaitre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | apparaitre | être apparu | |||||
| gerund | en apparaissant | en étant apparu | |||||
| present participle | apparaissant /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | apparu /a.pa.ʁy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | apparais /a.pa.ʁɛ/ |
apparais /a.pa.ʁɛ/ |
apparait /a.pa.ʁɛ/ |
apparaissons /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
apparaissez /a.pa.ʁɛ.se/ |
apparaissent /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | apparaissais /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ |
apparaissais /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ |
apparaissait /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ |
apparaissions /a.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
apparaissiez /a.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ |
apparaissaient /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | apparus /a.pa.ʁy/ |
apparus /a.pa.ʁy/ |
apparut /a.pa.ʁy/ |
apparûmes /a.pa.ʁym/ |
apparûtes /a.pa.ʁyt/ |
apparurent /a.pa.ʁyʁ/ |
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| future | apparaitrai /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ |
apparaitras /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ |
apparaitra /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ |
apparaitrons /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
apparaitrez /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ |
apparaitront /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | apparaitrais /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
apparaitrais /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
apparaitrait /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
apparaitrions /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
apparaitriez /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.je/ |
apparaitraient /a.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | apparaisse /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
apparaisses /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
apparaisse /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
apparaissions /a.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
apparaissiez /a.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ |
apparaissent /a.pa.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
apparusse /a.pa.ʁys/ |
apparusses /a.pa.ʁys/ |
apparût /a.pa.ʁy/ |
apparussions /a.pa.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ |
apparussiez /a.pa.ʁy.sje/ |
apparussent /a.pa.ʁys/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | apparais /a.pa.ʁɛ/ |
— | apparaissons /a.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
apparaissez /a.pa.ʁɛ.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Usage notes
This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.