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tanguer
tanguer
French
Verb
tanguer
- (intransitive, nautical) to sway back and forth
- (intransitive) to spin, sway (seem to be moving)
- la chambre tanguait - the room was spinning
- (intransitive) to shake (not perform well)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tanguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tanguer | avoir tangué | |||||
| gerund | en tanguant | en ayant tangué | |||||
| present participle | tanguant /tɑ̃.ɡɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tangué /tɑ̃.ɡe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tangue /tɑ̃ɡ/ |
tangues /tɑ̃ɡ/ |
tangue /tɑ̃ɡ/ |
tanguons /tɑ̃.ɡɔ̃/ |
tanguez /tɑ̃.ɡe/ |
tanguent /tɑ̃ɡ/ |
| imperfect | tanguais /tɑ̃.ɡɛ/ |
tanguais /tɑ̃.ɡɛ/ |
tanguait /tɑ̃.ɡɛ/ |
tanguions /tɑ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ |
tanguiez /tɑ̃.ɡje/ |
tanguaient /tɑ̃.ɡɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tanguai /tɑ̃.ɡe/ |
tanguas /tɑ̃.ɡa/ |
tangua /tɑ̃.ɡa/ |
tanguâmes /tɑ̃.ɡam/ |
tanguâtes /tɑ̃.ɡat/ |
tanguèrent /tɑ̃.ɡɛʁ/ |
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| future | tanguerai /tɑ̃.ɡʁe/ |
tangueras /tɑ̃.ɡʁa/ |
tanguera /tɑ̃.ɡʁa/ |
tanguerons /tɑ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
tanguerez /tɑ̃.ɡʁe/ |
tangueront /tɑ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tanguerais /tɑ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
tanguerais /tɑ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
tanguerait /tɑ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
tanguerions /tɑ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tangueriez /tɑ̃.ɡə.ʁje/ |
tangueraient /tɑ̃.ɡʁɛ/ |
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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 | tangue /tɑ̃ɡ/ |
tangues /tɑ̃ɡ/ |
tangue /tɑ̃ɡ/ |
tanguions /tɑ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ |
tanguiez /tɑ̃.ɡje/ |
tanguent /tɑ̃ɡ/ |
| imperfect1 |
tanguasse /tɑ̃.ɡas/ |
tanguasses /tɑ̃.ɡas/ |
tanguât /tɑ̃.ɡa/ |
tanguassions /tɑ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
tanguassiez /tɑ̃.ɡa.sje/ |
tanguassent /tɑ̃.ɡas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | tangue /tɑ̃ɡ/ |
— | tanguons /tɑ̃.ɡɔ̃/ |
tanguez /tɑ̃.ɡe/ |
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