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picquer
picquer
French
Verb
picquer
- Obsolete spelling of piquer
Conjugation
Conjugation of picquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | picquer | avoir picqué | |||||
| gerund | en picquant | en ayant picqué | |||||
| present participle | picquant /pi.kɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | picqué /pi.ke/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | picque /pik/ |
picques /pik/ |
picque /pik/ |
picquons /pi.kɔ̃/ |
picquez /pi.ke/ |
picquent /pik/ |
| imperfect | picquais /pi.kɛ/ |
picquais /pi.kɛ/ |
picquait /pi.kɛ/ |
picquions /pi.kjɔ̃/ |
picquiez /pi.kje/ |
picquaient /pi.kɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | picquai /pi.ke/ |
picquas /pi.ka/ |
picqua /pi.ka/ |
picquâmes /pi.kam/ |
picquâtes /pi.kat/ |
picquèrent /pi.kɛʁ/ |
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| future | picquerai /pi.kʁe/ |
picqueras /pi.kʁa/ |
picquera /pi.kʁa/ |
picquerons /pi.kʁɔ̃/ |
picquerez /pi.kʁe/ |
picqueront /pi.kʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | picquerais /pi.kʁɛ/ |
picquerais /pi.kʁɛ/ |
picquerait /pi.kʁɛ/ |
picquerions /pi.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
picqueriez /pi.kə.ʁje/ |
picqueraient /pi.kʁɛ/ |
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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 | picque /pik/ |
picques /pik/ |
picque /pik/ |
picquions /pi.kjɔ̃/ |
picquiez /pi.kje/ |
picquent /pik/ |
| imperfect1 |
picquasse /pi.kas/ |
picquasses /pi.kas/ |
picquât /pi.ka/ |
picquassions /pi.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
picquassiez /pi.ka.sje/ |
picquassent /pi.kas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | picque /pik/ |
— | picquons /pi.kɔ̃/ |
picquez /pi.ke/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Verb
picquer
- (of an insect, etc.) to sting
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of picquer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | picquer | avoir picqué | |||||
| gerund | en picquant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | picquant | ||||||
| past participle | picqué | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | picque | picques | picque | picquons | picquez | picquent |
| imperfect | picquois, picquoys | picquois, picquoys | picquoit, picquoyt | picquions, picquyons | picquiez, picquyez | picquoient, picquoyent | |
| past historic | picqua | picquas | picqua | picquasmes | picquastes | picquerent | |
| future | picquerai, picqueray | picqueras | picquera | picquerons | picquerez | picqueront | |
| conditional | picquerois, picqueroys | picquerois, picqueroys | picqueroit, picqueroyt | picquerions, picqueryons | picqueriez, picqueryez | picqueroient, picqueroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | picque | picques | picque | picquons | picquez | picquent |
| imperfect | picquasse | picquasses | picquast | picquassions | picquassiez | picquassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | picque | — | picquons | picquez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: piquer