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remuer
remuer
French
Verb
remuer
- to move (lips, head, arms, etc.)
- to twitch, flick
- to swing (one's arms)
- to move, shift (an object)
- to stir (a drink), stir up (sand etc.); to toss (salad), turn over (earth)
- to move (emotionally)
- (reflexive) to move (about)
Conjugation
Conjugation of remuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | remuer | avoir remué | |||||
| gerund | en remuant | en ayant remué | |||||
| present participle | remuant /ʁə.mɥɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | remué /ʁə.mɥe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | remue /ʁə.my/ |
remues /ʁə.my/ |
remue /ʁə.my/ |
remuons /ʁə.mɥɔ̃/ |
remuez /ʁə.mɥe/ |
remuent /ʁə.my/ |
| imperfect | remuais /ʁə.mɥɛ/ |
remuais /ʁə.mɥɛ/ |
remuait /ʁə.mɥɛ/ |
remuions /ʁə.my.jɔ̃/ |
remuiez /ʁə.my.je/ |
remuaient /ʁə.mɥɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | remuai /ʁə.mɥe/ |
remuas /ʁə.mɥa/ |
remua /ʁə.mɥa/ |
remuâmes /ʁə.mɥam/ |
remuâtes /ʁə.mɥat/ |
remuèrent /ʁə.mɥɛʁ/ |
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| future | remuerai /ʁə.my.ʁe/ |
remueras /ʁə.my.ʁa/ |
remuera /ʁə.my.ʁa/ |
remuerons /ʁə.my.ʁɔ̃/ |
remuerez /ʁə.my.ʁe/ |
remueront /ʁə.my.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | remuerais /ʁə.my.ʁɛ/ |
remuerais /ʁə.my.ʁɛ/ |
remuerait /ʁə.my.ʁɛ/ |
remuerions /ʁə.my.ʁjɔ̃/ |
remueriez /ʁə.my.ʁje/ |
remueraient /ʁə.my.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 | remue /ʁə.my/ |
remues /ʁə.my/ |
remue /ʁə.my/ |
remuions /ʁə.my.jɔ̃/ |
remuiez /ʁə.my.je/ |
remuent /ʁə.my/ |
| imperfect1 |
remuasse /ʁə.mɥas/ |
remuasses /ʁə.mɥas/ |
remuât /ʁə.mɥa/ |
remuassions /ʁə.mɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
remuassiez /ʁə.mɥa.sje/ |
remuassent /ʁə.mɥas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | remue /ʁə.my/ |
— | remuons /ʁə.mɥɔ̃/ |
remuez /ʁə.mɥe/ |
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