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Definition 2024
appeler
appeler
French
Verb
appeler
- (transitive) to call (out)
- J'ai appelé son nom.
- I called out her name.
- J'ai appelé son nom.
- (transitive) to call, phone, ring
- Appelle-moi ce soir.
- Call me this evening.
- Appelle-moi ce soir.
- (transitive) to call for, summon
- Nous devrions appeler un médecin.
- We should call a doctor.
- Nous devrions appeler un médecin.
- (intransitive) to call (out)
- Elle a appelé à l'aide.
- She called out for help.
- Elle a appelé à l'aide.
- (reflexive) to be called
- Je m'appelle James.
- My name is James.
- Je m'appelle James.
Conjugation
With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can also now be conjugated like amener.
Conjugation of appeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | appeler | avoir appelé | |||||
| gerund | en appelant | en ayant appelé | |||||
| present participle | appelant /a.plɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | appelé /a.ple/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | appelle /a.pɛl/ |
appelles /a.pɛl/ |
appelle /a.pɛl/ |
appelons /a.plɔ̃/ |
appelez /a.ple/ |
appellent /a.pɛl/ |
| imperfect | appelais /a.plɛ/ |
appelais /a.plɛ/ |
appelait /a.plɛ/ |
appelions /a.pə.ljɔ̃/ |
appeliez /a.pə.lje/ |
appelaient /a.plɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | appelai /a.ple/ |
appelas /a.pla/ |
appela /a.pla/ |
appelâmes /a.plam/ |
appelâtes /a.plat/ |
appelèrent /a.plɛʁ/ |
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| future | appellerai /a.pɛl.ʁe/ |
appelleras /a.pɛl.ʁa/ |
appellera /a.pɛl.ʁa/ |
appellerons /a.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
appellerez /a.pɛl.ʁe/ |
appelleront /a.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | appellerais /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
appellerais /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
appellerait /a.pɛl.ʁɛ/ |
appellerions /a.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
appelleriez /a.pɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
appelleraient /a.pɛl.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 | appelle /a.pɛl/ |
appelles /a.pɛl/ |
appelle /a.pɛl/ |
appelions /a.pə.ljɔ̃/ |
appeliez /a.pə.lje/ |
appellent /a.pɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
appelasse /a.plas/ |
appelasses /a.plas/ |
appelât /a.pla/ |
appelassions /a.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
appelassiez /a.pla.sje/ |
appelassent /a.plas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | appelle /a.pɛl/ |
— | appelons /a.plɔ̃/ |
appelez /a.ple/ |
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