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nouer
nouer
French
Verb
nouer
Conjugation
Conjugation of nouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | nouer | avoir noué | |||||
| gerund | en nouant | en ayant noué | |||||
| present participle | nouant /nwɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | noué /nwe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | noue /nu/ |
noues /nu/ |
noue /nu/ |
nouons /nwɔ̃/ |
nouez /nwe/ |
nouent /nu/ |
| imperfect | nouais /nwɛ/ |
nouais /nwɛ/ |
nouait /nwɛ/ |
nouions /nu.jɔ̃/ |
nouiez /nu.je/ |
nouaient /nwɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | nouai /nwe/ |
nouas /nwa/ |
noua /nwa/ |
nouâmes /nwam/ |
nouâtes /nwat/ |
nouèrent /nwɛʁ/ |
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| future | nouerai /nu.ʁe/ |
noueras /nu.ʁa/ |
nouera /nu.ʁa/ |
nouerons /nu.ʁɔ̃/ |
nouerez /nu.ʁe/ |
noueront /nu.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | nouerais /nu.ʁɛ/ |
nouerais /nu.ʁɛ/ |
nouerait /nu.ʁɛ/ |
nouerions /nu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
noueriez /nu.ʁje/ |
noueraient /nu.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 | noue /nu/ |
noues /nu/ |
noue /nu/ |
nouions /nu.jɔ̃/ |
nouiez /nu.je/ |
nouent /nu/ |
| imperfect1 |
nouasse /nwas/ |
nouasses /nwas/ |
nouât /nwa/ |
nouassions /nwa.sjɔ̃/ |
nouassiez /nwa.sje/ |
nouassent /nwas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | noue /nu/ |
— | nouons /nwɔ̃/ |
nouez /nwe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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Middle French
Verb
nouer
- to knot
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of nouer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | nouer | avoir noué | |||||
| gerund | en nouant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | nouant | ||||||
| past participle | noué | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | noue | noues | noue | nouons | nouez | nouent |
| imperfect | nouois, nouoys | nouois, nouoys | nouoit, nouoyt | nouions, nouyons | nouiez, nouyez | nouoient, nouoyent | |
| past historic | noua | nouas | noua | nouasmes | nouastes | nouerent | |
| future | nouerai, noueray | noueras | nouera | nouerons | nouerez | noueront | |
| conditional | nouerois, noueroys | nouerois, noueroys | noueroit, noueroyt | nouerions, noueryons | noueriez, noueryez | noueroient, noueroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | noue | noues | noue | nouons | nouez | nouent |
| imperfect | nouasse | nouasses | nouast | nouassions | nouassiez | nouassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | noue | — | nouons | nouez | — | ||