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animer
animer
French
Verb
animer
- to animate (give something life)
- to animate (give vigour)
- (animation) To animate (draw animation)
- to spur on
Conjugation
Conjugation of animer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | animer | avoir animé | |||||
| gerund | en animant | en ayant animé | |||||
| present participle | animant /a.ni.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | animé /a.ni.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | anime /a.nim/ |
animes /a.nim/ |
anime /a.nim/ |
animons /a.ni.mɔ̃/ |
animez /a.ni.me/ |
animent /a.nim/ |
| imperfect | animais /a.ni.mɛ/ |
animais /a.ni.mɛ/ |
animait /a.ni.mɛ/ |
animions /a.ni.mjɔ̃/ |
animiez /a.ni.mje/ |
animaient /a.ni.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | animai /a.ni.me/ |
animas /a.ni.ma/ |
anima /a.ni.ma/ |
animâmes /a.ni.mam/ |
animâtes /a.ni.mat/ |
animèrent /a.ni.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | animerai /a.nim.ʁe/ |
animeras /a.nim.ʁa/ |
animera /a.nim.ʁa/ |
animerons /a.nim.ʁɔ̃/ |
animerez /a.nim.ʁe/ |
animeront /a.nim.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | animerais /a.nim.ʁɛ/ |
animerais /a.nim.ʁɛ/ |
animerait /a.nim.ʁɛ/ |
animerions /a.ni.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
animeriez /a.ni.mə.ʁje/ |
animeraient /a.nim.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 | anime /a.nim/ |
animes /a.nim/ |
anime /a.nim/ |
animions /a.ni.mjɔ̃/ |
animiez /a.ni.mje/ |
animent /a.nim/ |
| imperfect1 |
animasse /a.ni.mas/ |
animasses /a.ni.mas/ |
animât /a.ni.ma/ |
animassions /a.ni.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
animassiez /a.ni.ma.sje/ |
animassent /a.ni.mas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | anime /a.nim/ |
— | animons /a.ni.mɔ̃/ |
animez /a.ni.me/ |
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