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mouvoir
mouvoir
French
Verb
mouvoir
- (transitive, formal) to move
- (reflexive, se mouvoir, formal) to go around, to move about
Conjugation
Conjugation of mouvoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | mouvoir | avoir mû | |||||
| gerund | en mouvant | en ayant mû | |||||
| present participle | mouvant /mu.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | mû /my/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | meus /mø/ |
meus /mø/ |
meut /mø/ |
mouvons /mu.vɔ̃/ |
mouvez /mu.ve/ |
meuvent /mœv/ |
| imperfect | mouvais /mu.vɛ/ |
mouvais /mu.vɛ/ |
mouvait /mu.vɛ/ |
mouvions /mu.vjɔ̃/ |
mouviez /mu.vje/ |
mouvaient /mu.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | mus /my/ |
mus /my/ |
mut /my/ |
mûmes /mym/ |
mûtes /myt/ |
murent /myʁ/ |
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| future | mouvrai /mu.vʁe/ |
mouvras /mu.vʁa/ |
mouvra /mu.vʁa/ |
mouvrons /mu.vʁɔ̃/ |
mouvrez /mu.vʁe/ |
mouvront /mu.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | mouvrais /mu.vʁɛ/ |
mouvrais /mu.vʁɛ/ |
mouvrait /mu.vʁɛ/ |
mouvrions /mu.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
mouvriez /mu.vʁi.je/ |
mouvraient /mu.vʁɛ/ |
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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 | meuve /mœv/ |
meuves /mœv/ |
meuve /mœv/ |
mouvions /mu.vjɔ̃/ |
mouviez /mu.vje/ |
meuvent /mœv/ |
| imperfect1 |
musse /mys/ |
musses /mys/ |
mût /my/ |
mussions /my.sjɔ̃/ |
mussiez /my.sje/ |
mussent /mys/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | meus /mø/ |
— | mouvons /mu.vɔ̃/ |
mouvez /mu.ve/ |
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