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colorer
colorer
French
Pronunciation
Verb
colorer
- to color
Conjugation
Conjugation of colorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | colorer | avoir coloré | |||||
| gerund | en colorant | en ayant coloré | |||||
| present participle | colorant /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | coloré /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/ |
colores /kɔ.lɔʁ/ |
colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/ |
colorons /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
colorez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/ |
colorent /kɔ.lɔʁ/ |
| imperfect | colorais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛ/ |
colorais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛ/ |
colorait /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛ/ |
colorions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
coloriez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁje/ |
coloraient /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | colorai /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/ |
coloras /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa/ |
colora /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa/ |
colorâmes /kɔ.lɔ.ʁam/ |
colorâtes /kɔ.lɔ.ʁat/ |
colorèrent /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | colorerai /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
coloreras /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
colorera /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
colorerons /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
colorerez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
coloreront /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | colorerais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
colorerais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
colorerait /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
colorerions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
coloreriez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
coloreraient /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.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 | colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/ |
colores /kɔ.lɔʁ/ |
colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/ |
colorions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
coloriez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁje/ |
colorent /kɔ.lɔʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
colorasse /kɔ.lɔ.ʁas/ |
colorasses /kɔ.lɔ.ʁas/ |
colorât /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa/ |
colorassions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
colorassiez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa.sje/ |
colorassent /kɔ.lɔ.ʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/ |
— | colorons /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
colorez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Verb
colorer
- to color
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem coleur distinct from the unstressed stem color. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of colorer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | colorer | avoir coloré | |||||
| gerund | en colorant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | colorant | ||||||
| past participle | coloré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | coleur | coleures | coleure | colorons | colorez | coleurent |
| imperfect | coloroie, coloreie, coloroe, coloreve | coloroies, coloreies, coloroes, coloreves | coloroit, coloreit, colorot, coloreve | coloriiens, coloriens | coloriiez, coloriez | coloroient, coloreient, coloroent, colorevent | |
| preterite | colorai | coloras | colora | colorames | colorastes | colorerent | |
| future | colorerai | coloreras | colorera | colorerons | coloreroiz, colorereiz, colorerez | coloreront | |
| conditional | coloreroie, colorereie | coloreroies, colorereies | coloreroit, colorereit | coloreriiens, coloreriens | coloreriiez, coloreriez | coloreroient, colorereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | coleur | coleurs | coleurt | colorons | colorez | coleurent |
| imperfect | colorasse | colorasses | colorast | colorissons, colorissiens | colorissoiz, colorissez, colorissiez | colorassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | coleure | — | colorons | colorez | — | ||