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rouiller
rouiller
French
Verb
rouiller
- to rust
Conjugation
Conjugation of rouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rouiller | avoir rouillé | |||||
| gerund | en rouillant | en ayant rouillé | |||||
| present participle | rouillant /ʁu.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rouillé /ʁu.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rouille /ʁuj/ |
rouilles /ʁuj/ |
rouille /ʁuj/ |
rouillons /ʁu.jɔ̃/ |
rouillez /ʁu.je/ |
rouillent /ʁuj/ |
| imperfect | rouillais /ʁu.jɛ/ |
rouillais /ʁu.jɛ/ |
rouillait /ʁu.jɛ/ |
rouillions /ʁuj.jɔ̃/ |
rouilliez /ʁuj.je/ |
rouillaient /ʁu.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rouillai /ʁu.je/ |
rouillas /ʁu.ja/ |
rouilla /ʁu.ja/ |
rouillâmes /ʁu.jam/ |
rouillâtes /ʁu.jat/ |
rouillèrent /ʁu.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | rouillerai /ʁuj.ʁe/ |
rouilleras /ʁuj.ʁa/ |
rouillera /ʁuj.ʁa/ |
rouillerons /ʁuj.ʁɔ̃/ |
rouillerez /ʁuj.ʁe/ |
rouilleront /ʁuj.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rouillerais /ʁuj.ʁɛ/ |
rouillerais /ʁuj.ʁɛ/ |
rouillerait /ʁuj.ʁɛ/ |
rouillerions /ʁu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rouilleriez /ʁu.jə.ʁje/ |
rouilleraient /ʁuj.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 | rouille /ʁuj/ |
rouilles /ʁuj/ |
rouille /ʁuj/ |
rouillions /ʁuj.jɔ̃/ |
rouilliez /ʁuj.je/ |
rouillent /ʁuj/ |
| imperfect1 |
rouillasse /ʁu.jas/ |
rouillasses /ʁu.jas/ |
rouillât /ʁu.ja/ |
rouillassions /ʁu.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
rouillassiez /ʁu.ja.sje/ |
rouillassent /ʁu.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | rouille /ʁuj/ |
— | rouillons /ʁu.jɔ̃/ |
rouillez /ʁu.je/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Verb
rouiller
- to rust (become rusty)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of rouiller
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rouiller | avoir rouillé | |||||
| gerund | en rouillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | rouillant | ||||||
| past participle | rouillé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | rouille | rouilles | rouille | rouillons | rouillez | rouillent |
| imperfect | rouillois, rouilloys | rouillois, rouilloys | rouilloit, rouilloyt | rouillions, rouillyons | rouilliez, rouillyez | rouilloient, rouilloyent | |
| past historic | rouilla | rouillas | rouilla | rouillasmes | rouillastes | rouillerent | |
| future | rouillerai, rouilleray | rouilleras | rouillera | rouillerons | rouillerez | rouilleront | |
| conditional | rouillerois, rouilleroys | rouillerois, rouilleroys | rouilleroit, rouilleroyt | rouillerions, rouilleryons | rouilleriez, rouilleryez | rouilleroient, rouilleroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | rouille | rouilles | rouille | rouillons | rouillez | rouillent |
| imperfect | rouillasse | rouillasses | rouillast | rouillassions | rouillassiez | rouillassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | rouille | — | rouillons | rouillez | — | ||