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flanquer
flanquer
French
Verb
flanquer
- to stay by (someone's) side, to be someone's right hand man
- (military) to flank
- to smash, to whack (hit very hard)
Conjugation
  Conjugation of flanquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | flanquer | avoir flanqué | |||||
| gerund | en flanquant | en ayant flanqué | |||||
| present participle | flanquant /flɑ̃.kɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | flanqué /flɑ̃.ke/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | flanque /flɑ̃k/ | flanques /flɑ̃k/ | flanque /flɑ̃k/ | flanquons /flɑ̃.kɔ̃/ | flanquez /flɑ̃.ke/ | flanquent /flɑ̃k/ | 
| imperfect | flanquais /flɑ̃.kɛ/ | flanquais /flɑ̃.kɛ/ | flanquait /flɑ̃.kɛ/ | flanquions /flɑ̃.kjɔ̃/ | flanquiez /flɑ̃.kje/ | flanquaient /flɑ̃.kɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | flanquai /flɑ̃.ke/ | flanquas /flɑ̃.ka/ | flanqua /flɑ̃.ka/ | flanquâmes /flɑ̃.kam/ | flanquâtes /flɑ̃.kat/ | flanquèrent /flɑ̃.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | flanquerai /flɑ̃.kʁe/ | flanqueras /flɑ̃.kʁa/ | flanquera /flɑ̃.kʁa/ | flanquerons /flɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ | flanquerez /flɑ̃.kʁe/ | flanqueront /flɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | flanquerais /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/ | flanquerais /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/ | flanquerait /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/ | flanquerions /flɑ̃.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | flanqueriez /flɑ̃.kə.ʁje/ | flanqueraient /flɑ̃.kʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | flanque /flɑ̃k/ | flanques /flɑ̃k/ | flanque /flɑ̃k/ | flanquions /flɑ̃.kjɔ̃/ | flanquiez /flɑ̃.kje/ | flanquent /flɑ̃k/ | 
| imperfect1 | flanquasse /flɑ̃.kas/ | flanquasses /flɑ̃.kas/ | flanquât /flɑ̃.ka/ | flanquassions /flɑ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/ | flanquassiez /flɑ̃.ka.sje/ | flanquassent /flɑ̃.kas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | flanque /flɑ̃k/ | — | flanquons /flɑ̃.kɔ̃/ | flanquez /flɑ̃.ke/ | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- flanqueur