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éternuer
éternuer
See also: êtèrnuer
French
Verb
éternuer
- to sneeze
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of éternuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | éternuer | avoir éternué | |||||
| gerund | en éternuant | en ayant éternué | |||||
| present participle | éternuant /e.tɛʁ.nɥɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | éternué /e.tɛʁ.nɥe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | éternue /e.tɛʁ.ny/ |
éternues /e.tɛʁ.ny/ |
éternue /e.tɛʁ.ny/ |
éternuons /e.tɛʁ.nɥɔ̃/ |
éternuez /e.tɛʁ.nɥe/ |
éternuent /e.tɛʁ.ny/ |
| imperfect | éternuais /e.tɛʁ.nɥɛ/ |
éternuais /e.tɛʁ.nɥɛ/ |
éternuait /e.tɛʁ.nɥɛ/ |
éternuions /e.tɛʁ.ny.jɔ̃/ |
éternuiez /e.tɛʁ.ny.je/ |
éternuaient /e.tɛʁ.nɥɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | éternuai /e.tɛʁ.nɥe/ |
éternuas /e.tɛʁ.nɥa/ |
éternua /e.tɛʁ.nɥa/ |
éternuâmes /e.tɛʁ.nɥam/ |
éternuâtes /e.tɛʁ.nɥat/ |
éternuèrent /e.tɛʁ.nɥɛʁ/ |
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| future | éternuerai /e.tɛʁ.ny.ʁe/ |
éternueras /e.tɛʁ.ny.ʁa/ |
éternuera /e.tɛʁ.ny.ʁa/ |
éternuerons /e.tɛʁ.ny.ʁɔ̃/ |
éternuerez /e.tɛʁ.ny.ʁe/ |
éternueront /e.tɛʁ.ny.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | éternuerais /e.tɛʁ.ny.ʁɛ/ |
éternuerais /e.tɛʁ.ny.ʁɛ/ |
éternuerait /e.tɛʁ.ny.ʁɛ/ |
éternuerions /e.tɛʁ.ny.ʁjɔ̃/ |
éternueriez /e.tɛʁ.ny.ʁje/ |
éternueraient /e.tɛʁ.ny.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 | éternue /e.tɛʁ.ny/ |
éternues /e.tɛʁ.ny/ |
éternue /e.tɛʁ.ny/ |
éternuions /e.tɛʁ.ny.jɔ̃/ |
éternuiez /e.tɛʁ.ny.je/ |
éternuent /e.tɛʁ.ny/ |
| imperfect1 |
éternuasse /e.tɛʁ.nɥas/ |
éternuasses /e.tɛʁ.nɥas/ |
éternuât /e.tɛʁ.nɥa/ |
éternuassions /e.tɛʁ.nɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
éternuassiez /e.tɛʁ.nɥa.sje/ |
éternuassent /e.tɛʁ.nɥas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | éternue /e.tɛʁ.ny/ |
— | éternuons /e.tɛʁ.nɥɔ̃/ |
éternuez /e.tɛʁ.nɥe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||