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cambrer
cambrer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑ̃bʁe/
Verb
cambrer
- to arch (one's back, feet etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cambrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | cambrer | avoir cambré | |||||
| gerund | en cambrant | en ayant cambré | |||||
| present participle | cambrant /kɑ̃.bʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | cambré /kɑ̃.bʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
cambres /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
cambrons /kɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
cambrez /kɑ̃.bʁe/ |
cambrent /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
| imperfect | cambrais /kɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
cambrais /kɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
cambrait /kɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
cambrions /kɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
cambriez /kɑ̃.bʁi.je/ |
cambraient /kɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | cambrai /kɑ̃.bʁe/ |
cambras /kɑ̃.bʁa/ |
cambra /kɑ̃.bʁa/ |
cambrâmes /kɑ̃.bʁam/ |
cambrâtes /kɑ̃.bʁat/ |
cambrèrent /kɑ̃.bʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | cambrerai /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁe/ |
cambreras /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁa/ |
cambrera /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁa/ |
cambrerons /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
cambrerez /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁe/ |
cambreront /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | cambrerais /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cambrerais /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cambrerait /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cambrerions /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cambreriez /kɑ̃.bʁə.ʁje/ |
cambreraient /kɑ̃.bʁə.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 | cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
cambres /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
cambrions /kɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
cambriez /kɑ̃.bʁi.je/ |
cambrent /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
cambrasse /kɑ̃.bʁas/ |
cambrasses /kɑ̃.bʁas/ |
cambrât /kɑ̃.bʁa/ |
cambrassions /kɑ̃.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
cambrassiez /kɑ̃.bʁa.sje/ |
cambrassent /kɑ̃.bʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | cambre /kɑ̃bʁ/ |
— | cambrons /kɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
cambrez /kɑ̃.bʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||