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vivoter
vivoter
French
Verb
vivoter
- (colloquial) to struggle, to get by, make ends meet (live without luxury)
Conjugation
Conjugation of vivoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | vivoter | avoir vivoté | |||||
| gerund | en vivotant | en ayant vivoté | |||||
| present participle | vivotant /vi.vɔ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | vivoté /vi.vɔ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | vivote /vi.vɔt/ |
vivotes /vi.vɔt/ |
vivote /vi.vɔt/ |
vivotons /vi.vɔ.tɔ̃/ |
vivotez /vi.vɔ.te/ |
vivotent /vi.vɔt/ |
| imperfect | vivotais /vi.vɔ.tɛ/ |
vivotais /vi.vɔ.tɛ/ |
vivotait /vi.vɔ.tɛ/ |
vivotions /vi.vɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
vivotiez /vi.vɔ.tje/ |
vivotaient /vi.vɔ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | vivotai /vi.vɔ.te/ |
vivotas /vi.vɔ.ta/ |
vivota /vi.vɔ.ta/ |
vivotâmes /vi.vɔ.tam/ |
vivotâtes /vi.vɔ.tat/ |
vivotèrent /vi.vɔ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | vivoterai /vi.vɔ.tʁe/ |
vivoteras /vi.vɔ.tʁa/ |
vivotera /vi.vɔ.tʁa/ |
vivoterons /vi.vɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
vivoterez /vi.vɔ.tʁe/ |
vivoteront /vi.vɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | vivoterais /vi.vɔ.tʁɛ/ |
vivoterais /vi.vɔ.tʁɛ/ |
vivoterait /vi.vɔ.tʁɛ/ |
vivoterions /vi.vɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vivoteriez /vi.vɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
vivoteraient /vi.vɔ.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | vivote /vi.vɔt/ |
vivotes /vi.vɔt/ |
vivote /vi.vɔt/ |
vivotions /vi.vɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
vivotiez /vi.vɔ.tje/ |
vivotent /vi.vɔt/ |
| imperfect1 |
vivotasse /vi.vɔ.tas/ |
vivotasses /vi.vɔ.tas/ |
vivotât /vi.vɔ.ta/ |
vivotassions /vi.vɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
vivotassiez /vi.vɔ.ta.sje/ |
vivotassent /vi.vɔ.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | vivote /vi.vɔt/ |
— | vivotons /vi.vɔ.tɔ̃/ |
vivotez /vi.vɔ.te/ |
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