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louvoyer
louvoyer
French
Verb
louvoyer
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
Conjugation of louvoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | louvoyer | avoir louvoyé | |||||
| gerund | en louvoyant | en ayant louvoyé | |||||
| present participle | louvoyant /lu.vwa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | louvoyé /lu.vwa.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | louvoie /lu.vwa/ |
louvoies /lu.vwa/ |
louvoie /lu.vwa/ |
louvoyons /lu.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
louvoyez /lu.vwa.je/ |
louvoient /lu.vwa/ |
| imperfect | louvoyais /lu.vwa.jɛ/ |
louvoyais /lu.vwa.jɛ/ |
louvoyait /lu.vwa.jɛ/ |
louvoyions /lu.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
louvoyiez /lu.vwaj.je/ |
louvoyaient /lu.vwa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | louvoyai /lu.vwa.je/ |
louvoyas /lu.vwa.ja/ |
louvoya /lu.vwa.ja/ |
louvoyâmes /lu.vwa.jam/ |
louvoyâtes /lu.vwa.jat/ |
louvoyèrent /lu.vwa.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | louvoierai /lu.vwa.ʁe/ |
louvoieras /lu.vwa.ʁa/ |
louvoiera /lu.vwa.ʁa/ |
louvoierons /lu.vwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
louvoierez /lu.vwa.ʁe/ |
louvoieront /lu.vwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | louvoierais /lu.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
louvoierais /lu.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
louvoierait /lu.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
louvoierions /lu.vwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
louvoieriez /lu.vwa.ʁje/ |
louvoieraient /lu.vwa.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 | louvoie /lu.vwa/ |
louvoies /lu.vwa/ |
louvoie /lu.vwa/ |
louvoyions /lu.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
louvoyiez /lu.vwaj.je/ |
louvoient /lu.vwa/ |
| imperfect1 |
louvoyasse /lu.vwa.jas/ |
louvoyasses /lu.vwa.jas/ |
louvoyât /lu.vwa.ja/ |
louvoyassions /lu.vwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
louvoyassiez /lu.vwa.ja.sje/ |
louvoyassent /lu.vwa.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | louvoie /lu.vwa/ |
— | louvoyons /lu.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
louvoyez /lu.vwa.je/ |
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