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se_cotir
cotir
French
Verb
cotir
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 cotir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | cotir | avoir coti | |||||
| gerund | en cotissant | en ayant coti | |||||
| present participle | cotissant /kɔ.ti.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | coti /kɔ.ti/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cotis /kɔ.ti/ |
cotis /kɔ.ti/ |
cotit /kɔ.ti/ |
cotissons /kɔ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
cotissez /kɔ.ti.se/ |
cotissent /kɔ.tis/ |
| imperfect | cotissais /kɔ.ti.sɛ/ |
cotissais /kɔ.ti.sɛ/ |
cotissait /kɔ.ti.sɛ/ |
cotissions /kɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
cotissiez /kɔ.ti.sje/ |
cotissaient /kɔ.ti.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | cotis /kɔ.ti/ |
cotis /kɔ.ti/ |
cotit /kɔ.ti/ |
cotîmes /kɔ.tim/ |
cotîtes /kɔ.tit/ |
cotirent /kɔ.tiʁ/ |
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| future | cotirai /kɔ.ti.ʁe/ |
cotiras /kɔ.ti.ʁa/ |
cotira /kɔ.ti.ʁa/ |
cotirons /kɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
cotirez /kɔ.ti.ʁe/ |
cotiront /kɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | cotirais /kɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
cotirais /kɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
cotirait /kɔ.ti.ʁɛ/ |
cotirions /kɔ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cotiriez /kɔ.ti.ʁje/ |
cotiraient /kɔ.ti.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 | cotisse /kɔ.tis/ |
cotisses /kɔ.tis/ |
cotisse /kɔ.tis/ |
cotissions /kɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
cotissiez /kɔ.ti.sje/ |
cotissent /kɔ.tis/ |
| imperfect1 |
cotisse /kɔ.tis/ |
cotisses /kɔ.tis/ |
cotît /kɔ.ti/ |
cotissions /kɔ.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
cotissiez /kɔ.ti.sje/ |
cotissent /kɔ.tis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | cotis /kɔ.ti/ |
— | cotissons /kɔ.ti.sɔ̃/ |
cotissez /kɔ.ti.se/ |
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