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grommeler
grommeler
French
Verb
grommeler
- (clarification of this French definition is being sought) to grumble
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il grommèle rather than *il grommele. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of grommeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | grommeler | avoir grommelé | |||||
| gerund | en grommelant | en ayant grommelé | |||||
| present participle | grommelant /ɡʁɔm.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | grommelé /ɡʁɔm.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grommèle /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
grommèles /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
grommèle /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
grommelons /ɡʁɔm.lɔ̃/ |
grommelez /ɡʁɔm.le/ |
grommèlent /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
| imperfect | grommelais /ɡʁɔm.lɛ/ |
grommelais /ɡʁɔm.lɛ/ |
grommelait /ɡʁɔm.lɛ/ |
grommelions /ɡʁɔ.mə.ljɔ̃/ |
grommeliez /ɡʁɔ.mə.lje/ |
grommelaient /ɡʁɔm.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | grommelai /ɡʁɔm.le/ |
grommelas /ɡʁɔm.la/ |
grommela /ɡʁɔm.la/ |
grommelâmes /ɡʁɔm.lam/ |
grommelâtes /ɡʁɔm.lat/ |
grommelèrent /ɡʁɔm.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | grommèlerai /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁe/ |
grommèleras /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁa/ |
grommèlera /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁa/ |
grommèlerons /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
grommèlerez /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁe/ |
grommèleront /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | grommèlerais /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁɛ/ |
grommèlerais /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁɛ/ |
grommèlerait /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.ʁɛ/ |
grommèlerions /ɡʁɔ.mɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grommèleriez /ɡʁɔ.mɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
grommèleraient /ɡʁɔ.mɛl.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 | grommèle /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
grommèles /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
grommèle /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
grommelions /ɡʁɔ.mə.ljɔ̃/ |
grommeliez /ɡʁɔ.mə.lje/ |
grommèlent /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
grommelasse /ɡʁɔm.las/ |
grommelasses /ɡʁɔm.las/ |
grommelât /ɡʁɔm.la/ |
grommelassions /ɡʁɔm.la.sjɔ̃/ |
grommelassiez /ɡʁɔm.la.sje/ |
grommelassent /ɡʁɔm.las/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | grommèle /ɡʁɔ.mɛl/ |
— | grommelons /ɡʁɔm.lɔ̃/ |
grommelez /ɡʁɔm.le/ |
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