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calfater
calfater
French
Verb
calfater
- to caulk (to seal joints with caulk)
Conjugation
Conjugation of calfater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | calfater | avoir calfaté | |||||
| gerund | en calfatant | en ayant calfaté | |||||
| present participle | calfatant /kal.fa.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | calfaté /kal.fa.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | calfate /kal.fat/ |
calfates /kal.fat/ |
calfate /kal.fat/ |
calfatons /kal.fa.tɔ̃/ |
calfatez /kal.fa.te/ |
calfatent /kal.fat/ |
| imperfect | calfatais /kal.fa.tɛ/ |
calfatais /kal.fa.tɛ/ |
calfatait /kal.fa.tɛ/ |
calfations /kal.fa.tjɔ̃/ |
calfatiez /kal.fa.tje/ |
calfataient /kal.fa.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | calfatai /kal.fa.te/ |
calfatas /kal.fa.ta/ |
calfata /kal.fa.ta/ |
calfatâmes /kal.fa.tam/ |
calfatâtes /kal.fa.tat/ |
calfatèrent /kal.fa.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | calfaterai /kal.fa.tʁe/ |
calfateras /kal.fa.tʁa/ |
calfatera /kal.fa.tʁa/ |
calfaterons /kal.fa.tʁɔ̃/ |
calfaterez /kal.fa.tʁe/ |
calfateront /kal.fa.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | calfaterais /kal.fa.tʁɛ/ |
calfaterais /kal.fa.tʁɛ/ |
calfaterait /kal.fa.tʁɛ/ |
calfaterions /kal.fa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
calfateriez /kal.fa.tə.ʁje/ |
calfateraient /kal.fa.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | calfate /kal.fat/ |
calfates /kal.fat/ |
calfate /kal.fat/ |
calfations /kal.fa.tjɔ̃/ |
calfatiez /kal.fa.tje/ |
calfatent /kal.fat/ |
| imperfect1 |
calfatasse /kal.fa.tas/ |
calfatasses /kal.fa.tas/ |
calfatât /kal.fa.ta/ |
calfatassions /kal.fa.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
calfatassiez /kal.fa.ta.sje/ |
calfatassent /kal.fa.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | calfate /kal.fat/ |
— | calfatons /kal.fa.tɔ̃/ |
calfatez /kal.fa.te/ |
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