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gonfler
gonfler
French
Verb
gonfler
Conjugation
  Conjugation of gonfler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | gonfler | avoir gonflé | |||||
| gerund | en gonflant | en ayant gonflé | |||||
| present participle |  gonflant /ɡɔ̃.flɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  gonflé /ɡɔ̃.fle/  | 
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
|  simple tenses  | 
present |  gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/  | 
 gonfles /ɡɔ̃fl/  | 
 gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/  | 
 gonflons /ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/  | 
 gonflez /ɡɔ̃.fle/  | 
 gonflent /ɡɔ̃fl/  | 
| imperfect |  gonflais /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/  | 
 gonflais /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/  | 
 gonflait /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/  | 
 gonflions /ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/  | 
 gonfliez /ɡɔ̃.fli.je/  | 
 gonflaient /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/  | 
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| past historic1 |  gonflai /ɡɔ̃.fle/  | 
gonflas /ɡɔ̃.fla/  | 
gonfla /ɡɔ̃.fla/  | 
gonflâmes /ɡɔ̃.flam/  | 
gonflâtes /ɡɔ̃.flat/  | 
gonflèrent /ɡɔ̃.flɛʁ/  | 
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| future |  gonflerai /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁe/  | 
 gonfleras /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁa/  | 
 gonflera /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁa/  | 
 gonflerons /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/  | 
 gonflerez /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁe/  | 
 gonfleront /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/  | 
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| conditional |  gonflerais /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/  | 
 gonflerais /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/  | 
 gonflerait /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/  | 
 gonflerions /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
 gonfleriez /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁje/  | 
 gonfleraient /ɡɔ̃.flə.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 |  gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/  | 
 gonfles /ɡɔ̃fl/  | 
 gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/  | 
 gonflions /ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/  | 
 gonfliez /ɡɔ̃.fli.je/  | 
 gonflent /ɡɔ̃fl/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
gonflasse /ɡɔ̃.flas/  | 
gonflasses /ɡɔ̃.flas/  | 
gonflât /ɡɔ̃.fla/  | 
gonflassions /ɡɔ̃.fla.sjɔ̃/  | 
gonflassiez /ɡɔ̃.fla.sje/  | 
gonflassent /ɡɔ̃.flas/  | 
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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 | – | |
| — |  gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/  | 
— |  gonflons /ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/  | 
 gonflez /ɡɔ̃.fle/  | 
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Antonyms
- (transitive): dégonfler
 - (intransitive): se dégonfler