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gribouiller
gribouiller
French
Verb
gribouiller
- to scribble (write something scruffily)
- to doodle (to draw or scribble aimlessly)
- to scribble on (cover with messy writing)
Synonyms
Conjugation
Conjugation of gribouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | gribouiller | avoir gribouillé | |||||
| gerund | en gribouillant | en ayant gribouillé | |||||
| present participle | gribouillant /ɡʁi.bu.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gribouillé /ɡʁi.bu.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/ |
gribouilles /ɡʁi.buj/ |
gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/ |
gribouillons /ɡʁi.bu.jɔ̃/ |
gribouillez /ɡʁi.bu.je/ |
gribouillent /ɡʁi.buj/ |
| imperfect | gribouillais /ɡʁi.bu.jɛ/ |
gribouillais /ɡʁi.bu.jɛ/ |
gribouillait /ɡʁi.bu.jɛ/ |
gribouillions /ɡʁi.buj.jɔ̃/ |
gribouilliez /ɡʁi.buj.je/ |
gribouillaient /ɡʁi.bu.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | gribouillai /ɡʁi.bu.je/ |
gribouillas /ɡʁi.bu.ja/ |
gribouilla /ɡʁi.bu.ja/ |
gribouillâmes /ɡʁi.bu.jam/ |
gribouillâtes /ɡʁi.bu.jat/ |
gribouillèrent /ɡʁi.bu.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | gribouillerai /ɡʁi.buj.ʁe/ |
gribouilleras /ɡʁi.buj.ʁa/ |
gribouillera /ɡʁi.buj.ʁa/ |
gribouillerons /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɔ̃/ |
gribouillerez /ɡʁi.buj.ʁe/ |
gribouilleront /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | gribouillerais /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɛ/ |
gribouillerais /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɛ/ |
gribouillerait /ɡʁi.buj.ʁɛ/ |
gribouillerions /ɡʁi.bu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gribouilleriez /ɡʁi.bu.jə.ʁje/ |
gribouilleraient /ɡʁi.buj.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 | gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/ |
gribouilles /ɡʁi.buj/ |
gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/ |
gribouillions /ɡʁi.buj.jɔ̃/ |
gribouilliez /ɡʁi.buj.je/ |
gribouillent /ɡʁi.buj/ |
| imperfect1 |
gribouillasse /ɡʁi.bu.jas/ |
gribouillasses /ɡʁi.bu.jas/ |
gribouillât /ɡʁi.bu.ja/ |
gribouillassions /ɡʁi.bu.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
gribouillassiez /ɡʁi.bu.ja.sje/ |
gribouillassent /ɡʁi.bu.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | gribouille /ɡʁi.buj/ |
— | gribouillons /ɡʁi.bu.jɔ̃/ |
gribouillez /ɡʁi.bu.je/ |
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