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poivrer
poivrer
French
Verb
poivrer
- to pepper (to season with pepper)
Conjugation
  Conjugation of poivrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | poivrer | avoir poivré | |||||
| gerund | en poivrant | en ayant poivré | |||||
| present participle | poivrant /pwa.vʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | poivré /pwa.vʁe/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | poivre /pwavʁ/ | poivres /pwavʁ/ | poivre /pwavʁ/ | poivrons /pwa.vʁɔ̃/ | poivrez /pwa.vʁe/ | poivrent /pwavʁ/ | 
| imperfect | poivrais /pwa.vʁɛ/ | poivrais /pwa.vʁɛ/ | poivrait /pwa.vʁɛ/ | poivrions /pwa.vʁi.jɔ̃/ | poivriez /pwa.vʁi.je/ | poivraient /pwa.vʁɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | poivrai /pwa.vʁe/ | poivras /pwa.vʁa/ | poivra /pwa.vʁa/ | poivrâmes /pwa.vʁam/ | poivrâtes /pwa.vʁat/ | poivrèrent /pwa.vʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | poivrerai /pwa.vʁə.ʁe/ | poivreras /pwa.vʁə.ʁa/ | poivrera /pwa.vʁə.ʁa/ | poivrerons /pwa.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | poivrerez /pwa.vʁə.ʁe/ | poivreront /pwa.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | poivrerais /pwa.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | poivrerais /pwa.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | poivrerait /pwa.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | poivrerions /pwa.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | poivreriez /pwa.vʁə.ʁje/ | poivreraient /pwa.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | poivre /pwavʁ/ | poivres /pwavʁ/ | poivre /pwavʁ/ | poivrions /pwa.vʁi.jɔ̃/ | poivriez /pwa.vʁi.je/ | poivrent /pwavʁ/ | 
| imperfect1 | poivrasse /pwa.vʁas/ | poivrasses /pwa.vʁas/ | poivrât /pwa.vʁa/ | poivrassions /pwa.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ | poivrassiez /pwa.vʁa.sje/ | poivrassent /pwa.vʁas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | poivre /pwavʁ/ | — | poivrons /pwa.vʁɔ̃/ | poivrez /pwa.vʁe/ | — | ||
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