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cartonner
cartonner
French
Verb
cartonner
- (transitive) to cover with cardboard; (of a book) to print in hardcover
- (transitive, colloquial) to attack, vigorously critique
- (transitive, slang, sexuality) to possess sexually
- (intransitive, colloquial) to hit the jackpot
- (intransitive, colloquial) to be in danger, exposed, etc.
- (intransitive, colloquial) to get into a collision, a car accident
Conjugation
Conjugation of cartonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | cartonner | avoir cartonné | |||||
| gerund | en cartonnant | en ayant cartonné | |||||
| present participle | cartonnant /kaʁ.tɔ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | cartonné /kaʁ.tɔ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cartonne /kaʁ.tɔn/ |
cartonnes /kaʁ.tɔn/ |
cartonne /kaʁ.tɔn/ |
cartonnons /kaʁ.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
cartonnez /kaʁ.tɔ.ne/ |
cartonnent /kaʁ.tɔn/ |
| imperfect | cartonnais /kaʁ.tɔ.nɛ/ |
cartonnais /kaʁ.tɔ.nɛ/ |
cartonnait /kaʁ.tɔ.nɛ/ |
cartonnions /kaʁ.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
cartonniez /kaʁ.tɔ.nje/ |
cartonnaient /kaʁ.tɔ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | cartonnai /kaʁ.tɔ.ne/ |
cartonnas /kaʁ.tɔ.na/ |
cartonna /kaʁ.tɔ.na/ |
cartonnâmes /kaʁ.tɔ.nam/ |
cartonnâtes /kaʁ.tɔ.nat/ |
cartonnèrent /kaʁ.tɔ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | cartonnerai /kaʁ.tɔn.ʁe/ |
cartonneras /kaʁ.tɔn.ʁa/ |
cartonnera /kaʁ.tɔn.ʁa/ |
cartonnerons /kaʁ.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
cartonnerez /kaʁ.tɔn.ʁe/ |
cartonneront /kaʁ.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | cartonnerais /kaʁ.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
cartonnerais /kaʁ.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
cartonnerait /kaʁ.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
cartonnerions /kaʁ.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cartonneriez /kaʁ.tɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
cartonneraient /kaʁ.tɔn.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 | cartonne /kaʁ.tɔn/ |
cartonnes /kaʁ.tɔn/ |
cartonne /kaʁ.tɔn/ |
cartonnions /kaʁ.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
cartonniez /kaʁ.tɔ.nje/ |
cartonnent /kaʁ.tɔn/ |
| imperfect1 |
cartonnasse /kaʁ.tɔ.nas/ |
cartonnasses /kaʁ.tɔ.nas/ |
cartonnât /kaʁ.tɔ.na/ |
cartonnassions /kaʁ.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
cartonnassiez /kaʁ.tɔ.na.sje/ |
cartonnassent /kaʁ.tɔ.nas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | cartonne /kaʁ.tɔn/ |
— | cartonnons /kaʁ.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
cartonnez /kaʁ.tɔ.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||