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hiverner
hiverner
French
Verb
hiverner
- (intransitive, of a boat, or animal) to winter, hivernate (to spend the winter in a certain place, especially for warmth)
 
Conjugation
  Conjugation of hiverner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | hiverner | avoir hiverné | |||||
| gerund | en hivernant | en ayant hiverné | |||||
| present participle |  hivernant /i.vɛʁ.nɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  hiverné /i.vɛʁ.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 |  hiverne /i.vɛʁn/  | 
 hivernes /i.vɛʁn/  | 
 hiverne /i.vɛʁn/  | 
 hivernons /i.vɛʁ.nɔ̃/  | 
 hivernez /i.vɛʁ.ne/  | 
 hivernent /i.vɛʁn/  | 
| imperfect |  hivernais /i.vɛʁ.nɛ/  | 
 hivernais /i.vɛʁ.nɛ/  | 
 hivernait /i.vɛʁ.nɛ/  | 
 hivernions /i.vɛʁ.njɔ̃/  | 
 hiverniez /i.vɛʁ.nje/  | 
 hivernaient /i.vɛʁ.nɛ/  | 
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| past historic1 |  hivernai /i.vɛʁ.ne/  | 
hivernas /i.vɛʁ.na/  | 
hiverna /i.vɛʁ.na/  | 
hivernâmes /i.vɛʁ.nam/  | 
hivernâtes /i.vɛʁ.nat/  | 
hivernèrent /i.vɛʁ.nɛʁ/  | 
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| future |  hivernerai /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁe/  | 
 hiverneras /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁa/  | 
 hivernera /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁa/  | 
 hivernerons /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/  | 
 hivernerez /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁe/  | 
 hiverneront /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/  | 
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| conditional |  hivernerais /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/  | 
 hivernerais /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/  | 
 hivernerait /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/  | 
 hivernerions /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
 hiverneriez /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁje/  | 
 hiverneraient /i.vɛʁ.nə.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 |  hiverne /i.vɛʁn/  | 
 hivernes /i.vɛʁn/  | 
 hiverne /i.vɛʁn/  | 
 hivernions /i.vɛʁ.njɔ̃/  | 
 hiverniez /i.vɛʁ.nje/  | 
 hivernent /i.vɛʁn/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
hivernasse /i.vɛʁ.nas/  | 
hivernasses /i.vɛʁ.nas/  | 
hivernât /i.vɛʁ.na/  | 
hivernassions /i.vɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/  | 
hivernassiez /i.vɛʁ.na.sje/  | 
hivernassent /i.vɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — |  hiverne /i.vɛʁn/  | 
— |  hivernons /i.vɛʁ.nɔ̃/  | 
 hivernez /i.vɛʁ.ne/  | 
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