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dodeliner
dodeliner
French
Verb
dodeliner
- (transitive) to cradle, rock (e.g. a baby, in one's arms)
- (transitive) to sway, shake (e.g. a body part)
- dodeliner la tête - to nod/shake one's head
Conjugation
Conjugation of dodeliner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | dodeliner | avoir dodeliné | |||||
| gerund | en dodelinant | en ayant dodeliné | |||||
| present participle | dodelinant /dɔ.dli.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | dodeliné /dɔ.dli.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 | dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ |
dodelines /dɔ.dlin/ |
dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ |
dodelinons /dɔ.dli.nɔ̃/ |
dodelinez /dɔ.dli.ne/ |
dodelinent /dɔ.dlin/ |
| imperfect | dodelinais /dɔ.dli.nɛ/ |
dodelinais /dɔ.dli.nɛ/ |
dodelinait /dɔ.dli.nɛ/ |
dodelinions /dɔ.dli.njɔ̃/ |
dodeliniez /dɔ.dli.nje/ |
dodelinaient /dɔ.dli.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | dodelinai /dɔ.dli.ne/ |
dodelinas /dɔ.dli.na/ |
dodelina /dɔ.dli.na/ |
dodelinâmes /dɔ.dli.nam/ |
dodelinâtes /dɔ.dli.nat/ |
dodelinèrent /dɔ.dli.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | dodelinerai /dɔ.dlin.ʁe/ |
dodelineras /dɔ.dlin.ʁa/ |
dodelinera /dɔ.dlin.ʁa/ |
dodelinerons /dɔ.dlin.ʁɔ̃/ |
dodelinerez /dɔ.dlin.ʁe/ |
dodelineront /dɔ.dlin.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | dodelinerais /dɔ.dlin.ʁɛ/ |
dodelinerais /dɔ.dlin.ʁɛ/ |
dodelinerait /dɔ.dlin.ʁɛ/ |
dodelinerions /dɔ.dli.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dodelineriez /dɔ.dli.nə.ʁje/ |
dodelineraient /dɔ.dlin.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 | dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ |
dodelines /dɔ.dlin/ |
dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ |
dodelinions /dɔ.dli.njɔ̃/ |
dodeliniez /dɔ.dli.nje/ |
dodelinent /dɔ.dlin/ |
| imperfect1 |
dodelinasse /dɔ.dli.nas/ |
dodelinasses /dɔ.dli.nas/ |
dodelinât /dɔ.dli.na/ |
dodelinassions /dɔ.dli.na.sjɔ̃/ |
dodelinassiez /dɔ.dli.na.sje/ |
dodelinassent /dɔ.dli.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 | – | |
| — | dodeline /dɔ.dlin/ |
— | dodelinons /dɔ.dli.nɔ̃/ |
dodelinez /dɔ.dli.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- dodelinement