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couter
couter
See also: coûter
French
Verb
couter
- Alternative spelling of coûter
Conjugation
Conjugation of couter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | couter | avoir couté | |||||
| gerund | en coutant | en ayant couté | |||||
| present participle | coutant /ku.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | couté /ku.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | coute /kut/ |
coutes /kut/ |
coute /kut/ |
coutons /ku.tɔ̃/ |
coutez /ku.te/ |
coutent /kut/ |
| imperfect | coutais /ku.tɛ/ |
coutais /ku.tɛ/ |
coutait /ku.tɛ/ |
coutions /ku.tjɔ̃/ |
coutiez /ku.tje/ |
coutaient /ku.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | coutai /ku.te/ |
coutas /ku.ta/ |
couta /ku.ta/ |
coutâmes /ku.tam/ |
coutâtes /ku.tat/ |
coutèrent /ku.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | couterai /ku.tʁe/ |
couteras /ku.tʁa/ |
coutera /ku.tʁa/ |
couterons /ku.tʁɔ̃/ |
couterez /ku.tʁe/ |
couteront /ku.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | couterais /ku.tʁɛ/ |
couterais /ku.tʁɛ/ |
couterait /ku.tʁɛ/ |
couterions /ku.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
couteriez /ku.tə.ʁje/ |
couteraient /ku.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | coute /kut/ |
coutes /kut/ |
coute /kut/ |
coutions /ku.tjɔ̃/ |
coutiez /ku.tje/ |
coutent /kut/ |
| imperfect1 |
coutasse /ku.tas/ |
coutasses /ku.tas/ |
coutât /ku.ta/ |
coutassions /ku.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
coutassiez /ku.ta.sje/ |
coutassent /ku.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | coute /kut/ |
— | coutons /ku.tɔ̃/ |
coutez /ku.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Usage notes
- This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.