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ronronner
ronronner
French
Verb
ronronner
- to purr
 
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Conjugation
  Conjugation of ronronner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ronronner | avoir ronronné | |||||
| gerund | en ronronnant | en ayant ronronné | |||||
| present participle |  ronronnant /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  ronronné /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/  | 
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
|  simple tenses  | 
present |  ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/  | 
 ronronnes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/  | 
 ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/  | 
 ronronnons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/  | 
 ronronnez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/  | 
 ronronnent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/  | 
| imperfect |  ronronnais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/  | 
 ronronnais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/  | 
 ronronnait /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/  | 
 ronronnions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/  | 
 ronronniez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nje/  | 
 ronronnaient /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/  | 
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| past historic1 |  ronronnai /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/  | 
ronronnas /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/  | 
ronronna /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/  | 
ronronnâmes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nam/  | 
ronronnâtes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nat/  | 
ronronnèrent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/  | 
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| future |  ronronnerai /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁe/  | 
 ronronneras /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁa/  | 
 ronronnera /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁa/  | 
 ronronnerons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/  | 
 ronronnerez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁe/  | 
 ronronneront /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/  | 
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| conditional |  ronronnerais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/  | 
 ronronnerais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/  | 
 ronronnerait /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/  | 
 ronronnerions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
 ronronneriez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/  | 
 ronronneraient /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.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 |  ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/  | 
 ronronnes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/  | 
 ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/  | 
 ronronnions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/  | 
 ronronniez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nje/  | 
 ronronnent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
ronronnasse /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/  | 
ronronnasses /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/  | 
ronronnât /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/  | 
ronronnassions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/  | 
ronronnassiez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na.sje/  | 
ronronnassent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/  | 
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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 | – | |
| — |  ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/  | 
— |  ronronnons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/  | 
 ronronnez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/  | 
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||