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avaler
avaler
French
Verb
avaler
Conjugation
Conjugation of avaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | avaler | avoir avalé | |||||
| gerund | en avalant | en ayant avalé | |||||
| present participle | avalant /a.va.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | avalé /a.va.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | avale /a.val/ |
avales /a.val/ |
avale /a.val/ |
avalons /a.va.lɔ̃/ |
avalez /a.va.le/ |
avalent /a.val/ |
| imperfect | avalais /a.va.lɛ/ |
avalais /a.va.lɛ/ |
avalait /a.va.lɛ/ |
avalions /a.va.ljɔ̃/ |
avaliez /a.va.lje/ |
avalaient /a.va.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | avalai /a.va.le/ |
avalas /a.va.la/ |
avala /a.va.la/ |
avalâmes /a.va.lam/ |
avalâtes /a.va.lat/ |
avalèrent /a.va.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | avalerai /a.val.ʁe/ |
avaleras /a.val.ʁa/ |
avalera /a.val.ʁa/ |
avalerons /a.val.ʁɔ̃/ |
avalerez /a.val.ʁe/ |
avaleront /a.val.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | avalerais /a.val.ʁɛ/ |
avalerais /a.val.ʁɛ/ |
avalerait /a.val.ʁɛ/ |
avalerions /a.va.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
avaleriez /a.va.lə.ʁje/ |
avaleraient /a.val.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 | avale /a.val/ |
avales /a.val/ |
avale /a.val/ |
avalions /a.va.ljɔ̃/ |
avaliez /a.va.lje/ |
avalent /a.val/ |
| imperfect1 |
avalasse /a.va.las/ |
avalasses /a.va.las/ |
avalât /a.va.la/ |
avalassions /a.va.la.sjɔ̃/ |
avalassiez /a.va.la.sje/ |
avalassent /a.va.las/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | avale /a.val/ |
— | avalons /a.va.lɔ̃/ |
avalez /a.va.le/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Old French
Verb
avaler
- to descend; to go down
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-als, *-alt are modified to aus, aut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of avaler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | avaler | avoir avalé | |||||
| gerund | en avalant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | avalant | ||||||
| past participle | avalé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | aval | avales | avale | avalons | avalez | avalent |
| imperfect | avaloie, avaleie, avaloe, avaleve | avaloies, avaleies, avaloes, avaleves | avaloit, avaleit, avalot, avaleve | avaliiens, avaliens | avaliiez, avaliez | avaloient, avaleient, avaloent, avalevent | |
| preterite | avalai | avalas | avala | avalames | avalastes | avalerent | |
| future | avalerai | avaleras | avalera | avalerons | avaleroiz, avalereiz, avalerez | avaleront | |
| conditional | avaleroie, avalereie | avaleroies, avalereies | avaleroit, avalereit | avaleriiens, avaleriens | avaleriiez, avaleriez | avaleroient, avalereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | aval | avaus | avaut | avalons | avalez | avalent |
| imperfect | avalasse | avalasses | avalast | avalissons, avalissiens | avalissoiz, avalissez, avalissiez | avalassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | avale | — | avalons | avalez | — | ||