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essouffler
essouffler
French
Verb
essouffler
- (transitive) to knock the wind out of, leave breathless
- (reflexive) to become breathless
- (reflexive) to lose steam, to tail off
Conjugation
Conjugation of essouffler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | essouffler | avoir essoufflé | |||||
| gerund | en essoufflant | en ayant essoufflé | |||||
| present participle | essoufflant /e.su.flɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | essoufflé /e.su.fle/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | essouffle /e.sufl/ |
essouffles /e.sufl/ |
essouffle /e.sufl/ |
essoufflons /e.su.flɔ̃/ |
essoufflez /e.su.fle/ |
essoufflent /e.sufl/ |
| imperfect | essoufflais /e.su.flɛ/ |
essoufflais /e.su.flɛ/ |
essoufflait /e.su.flɛ/ |
essoufflions /e.su.fli.jɔ̃/ |
essouffliez /e.su.fli.je/ |
essoufflaient /e.su.flɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | essoufflai /e.su.fle/ |
essoufflas /e.su.fla/ |
essouffla /e.su.fla/ |
essoufflâmes /e.su.flam/ |
essoufflâtes /e.su.flat/ |
essoufflèrent /e.su.flɛʁ/ |
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| future | essoufflerai /e.su.flə.ʁe/ |
essouffleras /e.su.flə.ʁa/ |
essoufflera /e.su.flə.ʁa/ |
essoufflerons /e.su.flə.ʁɔ̃/ |
essoufflerez /e.su.flə.ʁe/ |
essouffleront /e.su.flə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | essoufflerais /e.su.flə.ʁɛ/ |
essoufflerais /e.su.flə.ʁɛ/ |
essoufflerait /e.su.flə.ʁɛ/ |
essoufflerions /e.su.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
essouffleriez /e.su.flə.ʁje/ |
essouffleraient /e.su.flə.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 | essouffle /e.sufl/ |
essouffles /e.sufl/ |
essouffle /e.sufl/ |
essoufflions /e.su.fli.jɔ̃/ |
essouffliez /e.su.fli.je/ |
essoufflent /e.sufl/ |
| imperfect1 |
essoufflasse /e.su.flas/ |
essoufflasses /e.su.flas/ |
essoufflât /e.su.fla/ |
essoufflassions /e.su.fla.sjɔ̃/ |
essoufflassiez /e.su.fla.sje/ |
essoufflassent /e.su.flas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | essouffle /e.sufl/ |
— | essoufflons /e.su.flɔ̃/ |
essoufflez /e.su.fle/ |
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