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vouvoyer
vouvoyer
French
Alternative forms
- vousoyer
- voussoyer
Verb
vouvoyer
Antonyms
Derived terms
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
Conjugation of vouvoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | vouvoyer | avoir vouvoyé | |||||
| gerund | en vouvoyant | en ayant vouvoyé | |||||
| present participle | vouvoyant /vu.vwa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | vouvoyé /vu.vwa.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 | vouvoie /vu.vwa/ |
vouvoies /vu.vwa/ |
vouvoie /vu.vwa/ |
vouvoyons /vu.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
vouvoyez /vu.vwa.je/ |
vouvoient /vu.vwa/ |
| imperfect | vouvoyais /vu.vwa.jɛ/ |
vouvoyais /vu.vwa.jɛ/ |
vouvoyait /vu.vwa.jɛ/ |
vouvoyions /vu.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
vouvoyiez /vu.vwaj.je/ |
vouvoyaient /vu.vwa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | vouvoyai /vu.vwa.je/ |
vouvoyas /vu.vwa.ja/ |
vouvoya /vu.vwa.ja/ |
vouvoyâmes /vu.vwa.jam/ |
vouvoyâtes /vu.vwa.jat/ |
vouvoyèrent /vu.vwa.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | vouvoierai /vu.vwa.ʁe/ |
vouvoieras /vu.vwa.ʁa/ |
vouvoiera /vu.vwa.ʁa/ |
vouvoierons /vu.vwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
vouvoierez /vu.vwa.ʁe/ |
vouvoieront /vu.vwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | vouvoierais /vu.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
vouvoierais /vu.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
vouvoierait /vu.vwa.ʁɛ/ |
vouvoierions /vu.vwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vouvoieriez /vu.vwa.ʁje/ |
vouvoieraient /vu.vwa.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 | vouvoie /vu.vwa/ |
vouvoies /vu.vwa/ |
vouvoie /vu.vwa/ |
vouvoyions /vu.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
vouvoyiez /vu.vwaj.je/ |
vouvoient /vu.vwa/ |
| imperfect1 |
vouvoyasse /vu.vwa.jas/ |
vouvoyasses /vu.vwa.jas/ |
vouvoyât /vu.vwa.ja/ |
vouvoyassions /vu.vwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
vouvoyassiez /vu.vwa.ja.sje/ |
vouvoyassent /vu.vwa.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | vouvoie /vu.vwa/ |
— | vouvoyons /vu.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
vouvoyez /vu.vwa.je/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
See also
- vosear (Spanish)