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recroqueviller
recroqueviller
French
Verb
recroqueviller
-  (takes a reflexive pronoun) to curl up, to shrivel (up)
- Je vais me recroqueviller sans toi
 - Je vais me taire et me cacher - Alain Barrière
 
 
Conjugation
  Conjugation of se recroqueviller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | se recroqueviller | s'être recroquevillé | |||||
| gerund | en se recroquevillant | en s'étant recroquevillé | |||||
| present participle |  se recroquevillant /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  recroquevillé /ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.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 |  me recroqueville /mə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/  | 
 te recroquevilles /tə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/  | 
 se recroqueville /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/  | 
 nous recroquevillons /nu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɔ̃/  | 
 vous recroquevillez /vu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je/  | 
 se recroquevillent /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/  | 
| imperfect |  me recroquevillais /mə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛ/  | 
 te recroquevillais /tə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛ/  | 
 se recroquevillait /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛ/  | 
 nous recroquevillions /nu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.jɔ̃/  | 
 vous recroquevilliez /vu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.je/  | 
 se recroquevillaient /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛ/  | 
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| past historic1 |  me recroquevillai /mə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je/  | 
te recroquevillas /tə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja/  | 
se recroquevilla /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja/  | 
nous recroquevillâmes /nu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jam/  | 
vous recroquevillâtes /vu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jat/  | 
se recroquevillèrent /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛʁ/  | 
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| future |  me recroquevillerai /mə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁe/  | 
 te recroquevilleras /tə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁa/  | 
 se recroquevillera /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁa/  | 
 nous recroquevillerons /nu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɔ̃/  | 
 vous recroquevillerez /vu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁe/  | 
 se recroquevilleront /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɔ̃/  | 
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| conditional |  me recroquevillerais /mə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɛ/  | 
 te recroquevillerais /tə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɛ/  | 
 se recroquevillerait /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɛ/  | 
 nous recroquevillerions /nu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
 vous recroquevilleriez /vu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jə.ʁje/  | 
 se recroquevilleraient /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɛ/  | 
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|  compound tenses  | 
present perfect | Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
|  simple tenses  | 
present |  me recroqueville /mə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/  | 
 te recroquevilles /tə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/  | 
 se recroqueville /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/  | 
 nous recroquevillions /nu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.jɔ̃/  | 
 vous recroquevilliez /vu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.je/  | 
 se recroquevillent /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
me recroquevillasse /mə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jas/  | 
te recroquevillasses /tə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jas/  | 
se recroquevillât /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja/  | 
nous recroquevillassions /nu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja.sjɔ̃/  | 
vous recroquevillassiez /vu‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja.sje/  | 
se recroquevillassent /sə‿.ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jas/  | 
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|  compound tenses  | 
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — |  recroqueville-toi /ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.‿twa/  | 
— |  recroquevillons-nous /ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɔ̃.‿nu/  | 
 recroquevillez-vous /ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je.‿vu/  | 
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