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caqueter
caqueter
French
Verb
caqueter
- (transitive, intransitive) to cackle
- (transitive, intransitive) to prattle
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 caqueter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | caqueter | avoir caqueté | |||||
| gerund | en caquetant | en ayant caqueté | |||||
| present participle | caquetant /kak.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | caqueté /kak.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 | caquette or caquète /ka.kɛt/ |
caquettes or caquètes /ka.kɛt/ |
caquette or caquète /ka.kɛt/ |
caquetons /kak.tɔ̃/ |
caquetez /kak.te/ |
caquettent or caquètent /ka.kɛt/ |
| imperfect | caquetais /kak.tɛ/ |
caquetais /kak.tɛ/ |
caquetait /kak.tɛ/ |
caquetions /ka.kə.tjɔ̃/ |
caquetiez /ka.kə.tje/ |
caquetaient /kak.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | caquetai /kak.te/ |
caquetas /kak.ta/ |
caqueta /kak.ta/ |
caquetâmes /kak.tam/ |
caquetâtes /kak.tat/ |
caquetèrent /kak.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | caquetterai or caquèterai /ka.kɛ.tʁe/ |
caquetteras or caquèteras /ka.kɛ.tʁa/ |
caquettera or caquètera /ka.kɛ.tʁa/ |
caquetterons or caquèterons /ka.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
caquetterez or caquèterez /ka.kɛ.tʁe/ |
caquetteront or caquèteront /ka.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | caquetterais or caquèterais /ka.kɛ.tʁɛ/ |
caquetterais or caquèterais /ka.kɛ.tʁɛ/ |
caquetterait or caquèterait /ka.kɛ.tʁɛ/ |
caquetterions or caquèterions /ka.kɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
caquetteriez or caquèteriez /ka.kɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
caquetteraient or caquèteraient /ka.kɛ.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 | caquette or caquète /ka.kɛt/ |
caquettes or caquètes /ka.kɛt/ |
caquette or caquète /ka.kɛt/ |
caquetions /ka.kə.tjɔ̃/ |
caquetiez /ka.kə.tje/ |
caquettent or caquètent /ka.kɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
caquetasse /kak.tas/ |
caquetasses /kak.tas/ |
caquetât /kak.ta/ |
caquetassions /kak.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
caquetassiez /kak.ta.sje/ |
caquetassent /kak.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 | – | |
| — | caquette or caquète /ka.kɛt/ |
— | caquetons /kak.tɔ̃/ |
caquetez /kak.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- caquet
- caqueteur