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dicter
dicter
French
Verb
dicter
- to dictate
Conjugation
Conjugation of dicter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | dicter | avoir dicté | |||||
| gerund | en dictant | en ayant dicté | |||||
| present participle | dictant /dik.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | dicté /dik.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 | dicte /dikt/ |
dictes /dikt/ |
dicte /dikt/ |
dictons /dik.tɔ̃/ |
dictez /dik.te/ |
dictent /dikt/ |
| imperfect | dictais /dik.tɛ/ |
dictais /dik.tɛ/ |
dictait /dik.tɛ/ |
dictions /dik.tjɔ̃/ |
dictiez /dik.tje/ |
dictaient /dik.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | dictai /dik.te/ |
dictas /dik.ta/ |
dicta /dik.ta/ |
dictâmes /dik.tam/ |
dictâtes /dik.tat/ |
dictèrent /dik.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | dicterai /dik.tə.ʁe/ |
dicteras /dik.tə.ʁa/ |
dictera /dik.tə.ʁa/ |
dicterons /dik.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
dicterez /dik.tə.ʁe/ |
dicteront /dik.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | dicterais /dik.tə.ʁɛ/ |
dicterais /dik.tə.ʁɛ/ |
dicterait /dik.tə.ʁɛ/ |
dicterions /dik.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dicteriez /dik.tə.ʁje/ |
dicteraient /dik.tə.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 | dicte /dikt/ |
dictes /dikt/ |
dicte /dikt/ |
dictions /dik.tjɔ̃/ |
dictiez /dik.tje/ |
dictent /dikt/ |
| imperfect1 |
dictasse /dik.tas/ |
dictasses /dik.tas/ |
dictât /dik.ta/ |
dictassions /dik.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
dictassiez /dik.ta.sje/ |
dictassent /dik.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 | – | |
| — | dicte /dikt/ |
— | dictons /dik.tɔ̃/ |
dictez /dik.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- dictaphone
- dictateur
- dictatorial
- dictature
- dictée
- diktat (historical), dictat (1990 spelling)