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chantonner
chantonner
French
Verb
chantonner
- (transitive, intransitive) to sing or hum (to oneself)
Conjugation
Conjugation of chantonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | chantonner | avoir chantonné | |||||
| gerund | en chantonnant | en ayant chantonné | |||||
| present participle | chantonnant /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | chantonné /ʃɑ̃.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 | chantonne /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/ |
chantonnes /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/ |
chantonne /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/ |
chantonnons /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
chantonnez /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.ne/ |
chantonnent /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/ |
| imperfect | chantonnais /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɛ/ |
chantonnais /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɛ/ |
chantonnait /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɛ/ |
chantonnions /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
chantonniez /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nje/ |
chantonnaient /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | chantonnai /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.ne/ |
chantonnas /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.na/ |
chantonna /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.na/ |
chantonnâmes /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nam/ |
chantonnâtes /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nat/ |
chantonnèrent /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | chantonnerai /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁe/ |
chantonneras /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁa/ |
chantonnera /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁa/ |
chantonnerons /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
chantonnerez /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁe/ |
chantonneront /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | chantonnerais /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
chantonnerais /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
chantonnerait /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
chantonnerions /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chantonneriez /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
chantonneraient /ʃɑ̃.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 | chantonne /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/ |
chantonnes /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/ |
chantonne /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/ |
chantonnions /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
chantonniez /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nje/ |
chantonnent /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/ |
| imperfect1 |
chantonnasse /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nas/ |
chantonnasses /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nas/ |
chantonnât /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.na/ |
chantonnassions /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
chantonnassiez /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.na.sje/ |
chantonnassent /ʃɑ̃.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 | – | |
| — | chantonne /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/ |
— | chantonnons /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
chantonnez /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.ne/ |
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