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quêter
quêter
French
Verb
quêter
Synonyms
- chercher (more common)
- rechercher (more common)
Conjugation
Conjugation of quêter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | quêter | avoir quêté | |||||
| gerund | en quêtant | en ayant quêté | |||||
| present participle | quêtant /kɛ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | quêté /kɛ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | quête /kɛt/ |
quêtes /kɛt/ |
quête /kɛt/ |
quêtons /kɛ.tɔ̃/ |
quêtez /kɛ.te/ |
quêtent /kɛt/ |
| imperfect | quêtais /kɛ.tɛ/ |
quêtais /kɛ.tɛ/ |
quêtait /kɛ.tɛ/ |
quêtions /kɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
quêtiez /kɛ.tje/ |
quêtaient /kɛ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | quêtai /kɛ.te/ |
quêtas /kɛ.ta/ |
quêta /kɛ.ta/ |
quêtâmes /kɛ.tam/ |
quêtâtes /kɛ.tat/ |
quêtèrent /kɛ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | quêterai /kɛ.tʁe/ |
quêteras /kɛ.tʁa/ |
quêtera /kɛ.tʁa/ |
quêterons /kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
quêterez /kɛ.tʁe/ |
quêteront /kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | quêterais /kɛ.tʁɛ/ |
quêterais /kɛ.tʁɛ/ |
quêterait /kɛ.tʁɛ/ |
quêterions /kɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
quêteriez /kɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
quêteraient /kɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | quête /kɛt/ |
quêtes /kɛt/ |
quête /kɛt/ |
quêtions /kɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
quêtiez /kɛ.tje/ |
quêtent /kɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
quêtasse /kɛ.tas/ |
quêtasses /kɛ.tas/ |
quêtât /kɛ.ta/ |
quêtassions /kɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
quêtassiez /kɛ.ta.sje/ |
quêtassent /kɛ.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | quête /kɛt/ |
— | quêtons /kɛ.tɔ̃/ |
quêtez /kɛ.te/ |
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