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ligner
ligner
French
Verb
ligner
- to line, make a line (mark with a line)
- to line (add lines to a surface)
- (nautical, rare) to fold up (a sail)
- (fishing) to fish with a line
Conjugation
Conjugation of ligner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ligner | avoir ligné | |||||
| gerund | en lignant | en ayant ligné | |||||
| present participle | lignant /li.ɲɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ligné /li.ɲe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ligne /liɲ/ |
lignes /liɲ/ |
ligne /liɲ/ |
lignons /li.ɲɔ̃/ |
lignez /li.ɲe/ |
lignent /liɲ/ |
| imperfect | lignais /li.ɲɛ/ |
lignais /li.ɲɛ/ |
lignait /li.ɲɛ/ |
lignions /li.ɲjɔ̃/ |
ligniez /li.ɲje/ |
lignaient /li.ɲɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | lignai /li.ɲe/ |
lignas /li.ɲa/ |
ligna /li.ɲa/ |
lignâmes /li.ɲam/ |
lignâtes /li.ɲat/ |
lignèrent /li.ɲɛʁ/ |
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| future | lignerai /liɲ.ʁe/ |
ligneras /liɲ.ʁa/ |
lignera /liɲ.ʁa/ |
lignerons /liɲ.ʁɔ̃/ |
lignerez /liɲ.ʁe/ |
ligneront /liɲ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | lignerais /liɲ.ʁɛ/ |
lignerais /liɲ.ʁɛ/ |
lignerait /liɲ.ʁɛ/ |
lignerions /li.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ligneriez /li.ɲə.ʁje/ |
ligneraient /liɲ.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 | ligne /liɲ/ |
lignes /liɲ/ |
ligne /liɲ/ |
lignions /li.ɲjɔ̃/ |
ligniez /li.ɲje/ |
lignent /liɲ/ |
| imperfect1 |
lignasse /li.ɲas/ |
lignasses /li.ɲas/ |
lignât /li.ɲa/ |
lignassions /li.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
lignassiez /li.ɲa.sje/ |
lignassent /li.ɲas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | ligne /liɲ/ |
— | lignons /li.ɲɔ̃/ |
lignez /li.ɲe/ |
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