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piocher
piocher
French
Verb
piocher
- to use a pickaxe
- to cram, to swot, to grind (e.g., for an exam)
- to slog away, drudge (to work very hard)
- (card games) to draw from the deck
Conjugation
Conjugation of piocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | piocher | avoir pioché | |||||
| gerund | en piochant | en ayant pioché | |||||
| present participle | piochant /pjɔ.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | pioché /pjɔ.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pioche /pjɔʃ/ |
pioches /pjɔʃ/ |
pioche /pjɔʃ/ |
piochons /pjɔ.ʃɔ̃/ |
piochez /pjɔ.ʃe/ |
piochent /pjɔʃ/ |
| imperfect | piochais /pjɔ.ʃɛ/ |
piochais /pjɔ.ʃɛ/ |
piochait /pjɔ.ʃɛ/ |
piochions /pjɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
piochiez /pjɔ.ʃje/ |
piochaient /pjɔ.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | piochai /pjɔ.ʃe/ |
piochas /pjɔ.ʃa/ |
piocha /pjɔ.ʃa/ |
piochâmes /pjɔ.ʃam/ |
piochâtes /pjɔ.ʃat/ |
piochèrent /pjɔ.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | piocherai /pjɔʃ.ʁe/ |
piocheras /pjɔʃ.ʁa/ |
piochera /pjɔʃ.ʁa/ |
piocherons /pjɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
piocherez /pjɔʃ.ʁe/ |
piocheront /pjɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | piocherais /pjɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
piocherais /pjɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
piocherait /pjɔʃ.ʁɛ/ |
piocherions /pjɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
piocheriez /pjɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
piocheraient /pjɔʃ.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 | pioche /pjɔʃ/ |
pioches /pjɔʃ/ |
pioche /pjɔʃ/ |
piochions /pjɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
piochiez /pjɔ.ʃje/ |
piochent /pjɔʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
piochasse /pjɔ.ʃas/ |
piochasses /pjɔ.ʃas/ |
piochât /pjɔ.ʃa/ |
piochassions /pjɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
piochassiez /pjɔ.ʃa.sje/ |
piochassent /pjɔ.ʃas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | pioche /pjɔʃ/ |
— | piochons /pjɔ.ʃɔ̃/ |
piochez /pjɔ.ʃe/ |
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