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mâter
mâter
French
Verb
mâter
- to mast (put a mast on a watercraft)
Conjugation
Conjugation of mâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | mâter | avoir mâté | |||||
| gerund | en mâtant | en ayant mâté | |||||
| present participle | mâtant /mɑ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | mâté /mɑ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | mâte /mɑt/ |
mâtes /mɑt/ |
mâte /mɑt/ |
mâtons /mɑ.tɔ̃/ |
mâtez /mɑ.te/ |
mâtent /mɑt/ |
| imperfect | mâtais /mɑ.tɛ/ |
mâtais /mɑ.tɛ/ |
mâtait /mɑ.tɛ/ |
mâtions /mɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
mâtiez /mɑ.tje/ |
mâtaient /mɑ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | mâtai /mɑ.te/ |
mâtas /mɑ.ta/ |
mâta /mɑ.ta/ |
mâtâmes /mɑ.tam/ |
mâtâtes /mɑ.tat/ |
mâtèrent /mɑ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | mâterai /mɑ.tʁe/ |
mâteras /mɑ.tʁa/ |
mâtera /mɑ.tʁa/ |
mâterons /mɑ.tʁɔ̃/ |
mâterez /mɑ.tʁe/ |
mâteront /mɑ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | mâterais /mɑ.tʁɛ/ |
mâterais /mɑ.tʁɛ/ |
mâterait /mɑ.tʁɛ/ |
mâterions /mɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mâteriez /mɑ.tə.ʁje/ |
mâteraient /mɑ.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | mâte /mɑt/ |
mâtes /mɑt/ |
mâte /mɑt/ |
mâtions /mɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
mâtiez /mɑ.tje/ |
mâtent /mɑt/ |
| imperfect1 |
mâtasse /mɑ.tas/ |
mâtasses /mɑ.tas/ |
mâtât /mɑ.ta/ |
mâtassions /mɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
mâtassiez /mɑ.ta.sje/ |
mâtassent /mɑ.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | mâte /mɑt/ |
— | mâtons /mɑ.tɔ̃/ |
mâtez /mɑ.te/ |
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