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étouffer
étouffer
French
Verb
étouffer
Conjugation
Conjugation of étouffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | étouffer | avoir étouffé | |||||
| gerund | en étouffant | en ayant étouffé | |||||
| present participle | étouffant /e.tu.fɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | étouffé /e.tu.fe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | étouffe /e.tuf/ |
étouffes /e.tuf/ |
étouffe /e.tuf/ |
étouffons /e.tu.fɔ̃/ |
étouffez /e.tu.fe/ |
étouffent /e.tuf/ |
| imperfect | étouffais /e.tu.fɛ/ |
étouffais /e.tu.fɛ/ |
étouffait /e.tu.fɛ/ |
étouffions /e.tu.fjɔ̃/ |
étouffiez /e.tu.fje/ |
étouffaient /e.tu.fɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | étouffai /e.tu.fe/ |
étouffas /e.tu.fa/ |
étouffa /e.tu.fa/ |
étouffâmes /e.tu.fam/ |
étouffâtes /e.tu.fat/ |
étouffèrent /e.tu.fɛʁ/ |
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| future | étoufferai /e.tu.fʁe/ |
étoufferas /e.tu.fʁa/ |
étouffera /e.tu.fʁa/ |
étoufferons /e.tu.fʁɔ̃/ |
étoufferez /e.tu.fʁe/ |
étoufferont /e.tu.fʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | étoufferais /e.tu.fʁɛ/ |
étoufferais /e.tu.fʁɛ/ |
étoufferait /e.tu.fʁɛ/ |
étoufferions /e.tu.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
étoufferiez /e.tu.fə.ʁje/ |
étoufferaient /e.tu.fʁɛ/ |
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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 | étouffe /e.tuf/ |
étouffes /e.tuf/ |
étouffe /e.tuf/ |
étouffions /e.tu.fjɔ̃/ |
étouffiez /e.tu.fje/ |
étouffent /e.tuf/ |
| imperfect1 |
étouffasse /e.tu.fas/ |
étouffasses /e.tu.fas/ |
étouffât /e.tu.fa/ |
étouffassions /e.tu.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
étouffassiez /e.tu.fa.sje/ |
étouffassent /e.tu.fas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | étouffe /e.tuf/ |
— | étouffons /e.tu.fɔ̃/ |
étouffez /e.tu.fe/ |
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