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damer
damer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da.me/
Etymology 1
From dame (“queen (in chess)”)
Verb
damer
- (chess, transitive) to queen (transform a pawn into a queen, by advancing it to the opponent's side of the board)
- (checkers, transitive) to crown, to king
Conjugation
Conjugation of damer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | damer | avoir damé | |||||
| gerund | en damant | en ayant damé | |||||
| present participle | damant /da.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | damé /da.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | dame /dam/ |
dames /dam/ |
dame /dam/ |
damons /da.mɔ̃/ |
damez /da.me/ |
dament /dam/ |
| imperfect | damais /da.mɛ/ |
damais /da.mɛ/ |
damait /da.mɛ/ |
damions /da.mjɔ̃/ |
damiez /da.mje/ |
damaient /da.mɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | damai /da.me/ |
damas /da.ma/ |
dama /da.ma/ |
damâmes /da.mam/ |
damâtes /da.mat/ |
damèrent /da.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | damerai /dam.ʁe/ |
dameras /dam.ʁa/ |
damera /dam.ʁa/ |
damerons /dam.ʁɔ̃/ |
damerez /dam.ʁe/ |
dameront /dam.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | damerais /dam.ʁɛ/ |
damerais /dam.ʁɛ/ |
damerait /dam.ʁɛ/ |
damerions /da.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dameriez /da.mə.ʁje/ |
dameraient /dam.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 | dame /dam/ |
dames /dam/ |
dame /dam/ |
damions /da.mjɔ̃/ |
damiez /da.mje/ |
dament /dam/ |
| imperfect1 |
damasse /da.mas/ |
damasses /da.mas/ |
damât /da.ma/ |
damassions /da.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
damassiez /da.ma.sje/ |
damassent /da.mas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | dame /dam/ |
— | damons /da.mɔ̃/ |
damez /da.me/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Etymology 2
From dame (“beetle, rammer”)
Verb
damer
Conjugation
Conjugation of damer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | damer | avoir damé | |||||
| gerund | en damant | en ayant damé | |||||
| present participle | damant /da.mɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | damé /da.me/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | dame /dam/ |
dames /dam/ |
dame /dam/ |
damons /da.mɔ̃/ |
damez /da.me/ |
dament /dam/ |
| imperfect | damais /da.mɛ/ |
damais /da.mɛ/ |
damait /da.mɛ/ |
damions /da.mjɔ̃/ |
damiez /da.mje/ |
damaient /da.mɛ/ |
|
| past historic1 | damai /da.me/ |
damas /da.ma/ |
dama /da.ma/ |
damâmes /da.mam/ |
damâtes /da.mat/ |
damèrent /da.mɛʁ/ |
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| future | damerai /dam.ʁe/ |
dameras /dam.ʁa/ |
damera /dam.ʁa/ |
damerons /dam.ʁɔ̃/ |
damerez /dam.ʁe/ |
dameront /dam.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | damerais /dam.ʁɛ/ |
damerais /dam.ʁɛ/ |
damerait /dam.ʁɛ/ |
damerions /da.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dameriez /da.mə.ʁje/ |
dameraient /dam.ʁɛ/ |
|
| 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 | dame /dam/ |
dames /dam/ |
dame /dam/ |
damions /da.mjɔ̃/ |
damiez /da.mje/ |
dament /dam/ |
| imperfect1 |
damasse /da.mas/ |
damasses /da.mas/ |
damât /da.ma/ |
damassions /da.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
damassiez /da.ma.sje/ |
damassent /da.mas/ |
|
| 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 | – | |
| — | dame /dam/ |
— | damons /da.mɔ̃/ |
damez /da.me/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||