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pâlir
pâlir
See also: palir
French
Verb
pâlir
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of pâlir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | pâlir | avoir pâli | |||||
| gerund | en pâlissant | en ayant pâli | |||||
| present participle | pâlissant /pɑ.li.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | pâli /pɑ.li/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pâlis /pɑ.li/ |
pâlis /pɑ.li/ |
pâlit /pɑ.li/ |
pâlissons /pɑ.li.sɔ̃/ |
pâlissez /pɑ.li.se/ |
pâlissent /pɑ.lis/ |
| imperfect | pâlissais /pɑ.li.sɛ/ |
pâlissais /pɑ.li.sɛ/ |
pâlissait /pɑ.li.sɛ/ |
pâlissions /pɑ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
pâlissiez /pɑ.li.sje/ |
pâlissaient /pɑ.li.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | pâlis /pɑ.li/ |
pâlis /pɑ.li/ |
pâlit /pɑ.li/ |
pâlîmes /pɑ.lim/ |
pâlîtes /pɑ.lit/ |
pâlirent /pɑ.liʁ/ |
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| future | pâlirai /pɑ.li.ʁe/ |
pâliras /pɑ.li.ʁa/ |
pâlira /pɑ.li.ʁa/ |
pâlirons /pɑ.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
pâlirez /pɑ.li.ʁe/ |
pâliront /pɑ.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | pâlirais /pɑ.li.ʁɛ/ |
pâlirais /pɑ.li.ʁɛ/ |
pâlirait /pɑ.li.ʁɛ/ |
pâlirions /pɑ.li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pâliriez /pɑ.li.ʁje/ |
pâliraient /pɑ.li.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 | pâlisse /pɑ.lis/ |
pâlisses /pɑ.lis/ |
pâlisse /pɑ.lis/ |
pâlissions /pɑ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
pâlissiez /pɑ.li.sje/ |
pâlissent /pɑ.lis/ |
| imperfect1 |
pâlisse /pɑ.lis/ |
pâlisses /pɑ.lis/ |
pâlît /pɑ.li/ |
pâlissions /pɑ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
pâlissiez /pɑ.li.sje/ |
pâlissent /pɑ.lis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | pâlis /pɑ.li/ |
— | pâlissons /pɑ.li.sɔ̃/ |
pâlissez /pɑ.li.se/ |
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