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écouter
écouter
See also: êcouter
French
Verb
écouter
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of écouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | écouter | avoir écouté | |||||
| gerund | en écoutant | en ayant écouté | |||||
| present participle | écoutant /e.ku.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | écouté /e.ku.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 | écoute /e.kut/ |
écoutes /e.kut/ |
écoute /e.kut/ |
écoutons /e.ku.tɔ̃/ |
écoutez /e.ku.te/ |
écoutent /e.kut/ |
| imperfect | écoutais /e.ku.tɛ/ |
écoutais /e.ku.tɛ/ |
écoutait /e.ku.tɛ/ |
écoutions /e.ku.tjɔ̃/ |
écoutiez /e.ku.tje/ |
écoutaient /e.ku.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | écoutai /e.ku.te/ |
écoutas /e.ku.ta/ |
écouta /e.ku.ta/ |
écoutâmes /e.ku.tam/ |
écoutâtes /e.ku.tat/ |
écoutèrent /e.ku.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | écouterai /e.ku.tʁe/ |
écouteras /e.ku.tʁa/ |
écoutera /e.ku.tʁa/ |
écouterons /e.ku.tʁɔ̃/ |
écouterez /e.ku.tʁe/ |
écouteront /e.ku.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | écouterais /e.ku.tʁɛ/ |
écouterais /e.ku.tʁɛ/ |
écouterait /e.ku.tʁɛ/ |
écouterions /e.ku.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
écouteriez /e.ku.tə.ʁje/ |
écouteraient /e.ku.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 | écoute /e.kut/ |
écoutes /e.kut/ |
écoute /e.kut/ |
écoutions /e.ku.tjɔ̃/ |
écoutiez /e.ku.tje/ |
écoutent /e.kut/ |
| imperfect1 |
écoutasse /e.ku.tas/ |
écoutasses /e.ku.tas/ |
écoutât /e.ku.ta/ |
écoutassions /e.ku.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
écoutassiez /e.ku.ta.sje/ |
écoutassent /e.ku.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 | – | |
| — | écoute /e.kut/ |
— | écoutons /e.ku.tɔ̃/ |
écoutez /e.ku.te/ |
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