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ciseler
ciseler
French
Verb
ciseler
- to chisel
- (of spices) to chop finely
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Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il cisèle rather than *il cisele. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of ciseler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ciseler | avoir ciselé | |||||
| gerund | en ciselant | en ayant ciselé | |||||
| present participle | ciselant /siz.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ciselé /siz.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 | cisèle /si.zɛl/ |
cisèles /si.zɛl/ |
cisèle /si.zɛl/ |
ciselons /siz.lɔ̃/ |
ciselez /siz.le/ |
cisèlent /si.zɛl/ |
| imperfect | ciselais /siz.lɛ/ |
ciselais /siz.lɛ/ |
ciselait /siz.lɛ/ |
ciselions /si.zə.ljɔ̃/ |
ciseliez /si.zə.lje/ |
ciselaient /siz.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ciselai /siz.le/ |
ciselas /siz.la/ |
cisela /siz.la/ |
ciselâmes /siz.lam/ |
ciselâtes /siz.lat/ |
ciselèrent /siz.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | cisèlerai /si.zɛl.ʁe/ |
cisèleras /si.zɛl.ʁa/ |
cisèlera /si.zɛl.ʁa/ |
cisèlerons /si.zɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
cisèlerez /si.zɛl.ʁe/ |
cisèleront /si.zɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | cisèlerais /si.zɛl.ʁɛ/ |
cisèlerais /si.zɛl.ʁɛ/ |
cisèlerait /si.zɛl.ʁɛ/ |
cisèlerions /si.zɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cisèleriez /si.zɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
cisèleraient /si.zɛl.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 | cisèle /si.zɛl/ |
cisèles /si.zɛl/ |
cisèle /si.zɛl/ |
ciselions /si.zə.ljɔ̃/ |
ciseliez /si.zə.lje/ |
cisèlent /si.zɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
ciselasse /siz.las/ |
ciselasses /siz.las/ |
ciselât /siz.la/ |
ciselassions /siz.la.sjɔ̃/ |
ciselassiez /siz.la.sje/ |
ciselassent /siz.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 | – | |
| — | cisèle /si.zɛl/ |
— | ciselons /siz.lɔ̃/ |
ciselez /siz.le/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||