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baleiner
baleiner
French
Verb
baleiner
- To equip or stiffen (clothing, umbrella etc.) with whalebone
Conjugation
  Conjugation of baleiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | baleiner | avoir baleiné | |||||
| gerund | en baleinant | en ayant baleiné | |||||
| present participle | baleinant /ba.lɛ.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | baleiné /ba.lɛ.ne/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | baleine /ba.lɛn/ | baleines /ba.lɛn/ | baleine /ba.lɛn/ | baleinons /ba.lɛ.nɔ̃/ | baleinez /ba.lɛ.ne/ | baleinent /ba.lɛn/ | 
| imperfect | baleinais /ba.lɛ.nɛ/ | baleinais /ba.lɛ.nɛ/ | baleinait /ba.lɛ.nɛ/ | baleinions /ba.lɛ.njɔ̃/ | baleiniez /ba.lɛ.nje/ | baleinaient /ba.lɛ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | baleinai /ba.lɛ.ne/ | baleinas /ba.lɛ.na/ | baleina /ba.lɛ.na/ | baleinâmes /ba.lɛ.nam/ | baleinâtes /ba.lɛ.nat/ | baleinèrent /ba.lɛ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | baleinerai /ba.lɛn.ʁe/ | baleineras /ba.lɛn.ʁa/ | baleinera /ba.lɛn.ʁa/ | baleinerons /ba.lɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | baleinerez /ba.lɛn.ʁe/ | baleineront /ba.lɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | baleinerais /ba.lɛn.ʁɛ/ | baleinerais /ba.lɛn.ʁɛ/ | baleinerait /ba.lɛn.ʁɛ/ | baleinerions /ba.lɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | baleineriez /ba.lɛ.nə.ʁje/ | baleineraient /ba.lɛn.ʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | baleine /ba.lɛn/ | baleines /ba.lɛn/ | baleine /ba.lɛn/ | baleinions /ba.lɛ.njɔ̃/ | baleiniez /ba.lɛ.nje/ | baleinent /ba.lɛn/ | 
| imperfect1 | baleinasse /ba.lɛ.nas/ | baleinasses /ba.lɛ.nas/ | baleinât /ba.lɛ.na/ | baleinassions /ba.lɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ | baleinassiez /ba.lɛ.na.sje/ | baleinassent /ba.lɛ.nas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | baleine /ba.lɛn/ | — | baleinons /ba.lɛ.nɔ̃/ | baleinez /ba.lɛ.ne/ | — | ||
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