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douer
douer
French
Verb
douer
Conjugation
- This verb is almost only used in compound tenses.
Conjugation of douer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | douer | avoir doué | |||||
| gerund | en douant | en ayant doué | |||||
| present participle | douant /dwɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | doué /dwe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | doue /du/ |
doues /du/ |
doue /du/ |
douons /dwɔ̃/ |
douez /dwe/ |
douent /du/ |
| imperfect | douais /dwɛ/ |
douais /dwɛ/ |
douait /dwɛ/ |
douions /du.jɔ̃/ |
douiez /du.je/ |
douaient /dwɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | douai /dwe/ |
douas /dwa/ |
doua /dwa/ |
douâmes /dwam/ |
douâtes /dwat/ |
douèrent /dwɛʁ/ |
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| future | douerai /du.ʁe/ |
doueras /du.ʁa/ |
douera /du.ʁa/ |
douerons /du.ʁɔ̃/ |
douerez /du.ʁe/ |
doueront /du.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | douerais /du.ʁɛ/ |
douerais /du.ʁɛ/ |
douerait /du.ʁɛ/ |
douerions /du.ʁjɔ̃/ |
doueriez /du.ʁje/ |
doueraient /du.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 | doue /du/ |
doues /du/ |
doue /du/ |
douions /du.jɔ̃/ |
douiez /du.je/ |
douent /du/ |
| imperfect1 |
douasse /dwas/ |
douasses /dwas/ |
douât /dwa/ |
douassions /dwa.sjɔ̃/ |
douassiez /dwa.sje/ |
douassent /dwas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | doue /du/ |
— | douons /dwɔ̃/ |
douez /dwe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||