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bricoler
bricoler
French
Verb
bricoler
- (intransitive) to do DIY
- (transitive) to tinker (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bricoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | bricoler | avoir bricolé | |||||
gerund | en bricolant | en ayant bricolé | |||||
present participle | bricolant /bʁi.kɔ.lɑ̃/ |
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past participle | bricolé /bʁi.kɔ.le/ |
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person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
simple tenses |
present | bricole /bʁi.kɔl/ |
bricoles /bʁi.kɔl/ |
bricole /bʁi.kɔl/ |
bricolons /bʁi.kɔ.lɔ̃/ |
bricolez /bʁi.kɔ.le/ |
bricolent /bʁi.kɔl/ |
imperfect | bricolais /bʁi.kɔ.lɛ/ |
bricolais /bʁi.kɔ.lɛ/ |
bricolait /bʁi.kɔ.lɛ/ |
bricolions /bʁi.kɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
bricoliez /bʁi.kɔ.lje/ |
bricolaient /bʁi.kɔ.lɛ/ |
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past historic1 | bricolai /bʁi.kɔ.le/ |
bricolas /bʁi.kɔ.la/ |
bricola /bʁi.kɔ.la/ |
bricolâmes /bʁi.kɔ.lam/ |
bricolâtes /bʁi.kɔ.lat/ |
bricolèrent /bʁi.kɔ.lɛʁ/ |
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future | bricolerai /bʁi.kɔl.ʁe/ |
bricoleras /bʁi.kɔl.ʁa/ |
bricolera /bʁi.kɔl.ʁa/ |
bricolerons /bʁi.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/ |
bricolerez /bʁi.kɔl.ʁe/ |
bricoleront /bʁi.kɔl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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conditional | bricolerais /bʁi.kɔl.ʁɛ/ |
bricolerais /bʁi.kɔl.ʁɛ/ |
bricolerait /bʁi.kɔl.ʁɛ/ |
bricolerions /bʁi.kɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bricoleriez /bʁi.kɔ.lə.ʁje/ |
bricoleraient /bʁi.kɔl.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 | bricole /bʁi.kɔl/ |
bricoles /bʁi.kɔl/ |
bricole /bʁi.kɔl/ |
bricolions /bʁi.kɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
bricoliez /bʁi.kɔ.lje/ |
bricolent /bʁi.kɔl/ |
imperfect1 |
bricolasse /bʁi.kɔ.las/ |
bricolasses /bʁi.kɔ.las/ |
bricolât /bʁi.kɔ.la/ |
bricolassions /bʁi.kɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
bricolassiez /bʁi.kɔ.la.sje/ |
bricolassent /bʁi.kɔ.las/ |
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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 | – | |
— | bricole /bʁi.kɔl/ |
— | bricolons /bʁi.kɔ.lɔ̃/ |
bricolez /bʁi.kɔ.le/ |
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1literary tenses |