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lanterner
lanterner
French
Verb
lanterner
- (intransitive) To dilly-dally
 - (transitive) To delay or put off
 
Conjugation
  Conjugation of lanterner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | lanterner | avoir lanterné | |||||
| gerund | en lanternant | en ayant lanterné | |||||
| present participle |  lanternant /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  lanterné /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.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 |  lanterne /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/  | 
 lanternes /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/  | 
 lanterne /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/  | 
 lanternons /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/  | 
 lanternez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.ne/  | 
 lanternent /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/  | 
| imperfect |  lanternais /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɛ/  | 
 lanternais /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɛ/  | 
 lanternait /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɛ/  | 
 lanternions /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/  | 
 lanterniez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nje/  | 
 lanternaient /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɛ/  | 
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| past historic1 |  lanternai /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.ne/  | 
lanternas /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.na/  | 
lanterna /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.na/  | 
lanternâmes /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nam/  | 
lanternâtes /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nat/  | 
lanternèrent /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɛʁ/  | 
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| future |  lanternerai /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/  | 
 lanterneras /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/  | 
 lanternera /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/  | 
 lanternerons /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/  | 
 lanternerez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/  | 
 lanterneront /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/  | 
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| conditional |  lanternerais /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/  | 
 lanternerais /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/  | 
 lanternerait /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/  | 
 lanternerions /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
 lanterneriez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nə.ʁje/  | 
 lanterneraient /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.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 |  lanterne /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/  | 
 lanternes /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/  | 
 lanterne /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/  | 
 lanternions /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/  | 
 lanterniez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nje/  | 
 lanternent /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
lanternasse /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nas/  | 
lanternasses /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nas/  | 
lanternât /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.na/  | 
lanternassions /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/  | 
lanternassiez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.na.sje/  | 
lanternassent /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — |  lanterne /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/  | 
— |  lanternons /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/  | 
 lanternez /lɑ̃.tɛʁ.ne/  | 
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||