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ruer
ruer
French
Verb
ruer
- (transitive, of a horse) to kick with its hind legs
- (transitive, dated) to hurl
- (intransitive, dated) to struggle, fight
- (reflexive, by extension) to mob, jump on
Conjugation
Conjugation of ruer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ruer | avoir rué | |||||
| gerund | en ruant | en ayant rué | |||||
| present participle | ruant /ʁɥɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rué /ʁɥe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rue /ʁy/ |
rues /ʁy/ |
rue /ʁy/ |
ruons /ʁɥɔ̃/ |
ruez /ʁɥe/ |
ruent /ʁy/ |
| imperfect | ruais /ʁɥɛ/ |
ruais /ʁɥɛ/ |
ruait /ʁɥɛ/ |
ruions /ʁy.jɔ̃/ |
ruiez /ʁy.je/ |
ruaient /ʁɥɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ruai /ʁɥe/ |
ruas /ʁɥa/ |
rua /ʁɥa/ |
ruâmes /ʁɥam/ |
ruâtes /ʁɥat/ |
ruèrent /ʁɥɛʁ/ |
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| future | ruerai /ʁy.ʁe/ |
rueras /ʁy.ʁa/ |
ruera /ʁy.ʁa/ |
ruerons /ʁy.ʁɔ̃/ |
ruerez /ʁy.ʁe/ |
rueront /ʁy.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ruerais /ʁy.ʁɛ/ |
ruerais /ʁy.ʁɛ/ |
ruerait /ʁy.ʁɛ/ |
ruerions /ʁy.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rueriez /ʁy.ʁje/ |
rueraient /ʁy.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 | rue /ʁy/ |
rues /ʁy/ |
rue /ʁy/ |
ruions /ʁy.jɔ̃/ |
ruiez /ʁy.je/ |
ruent /ʁy/ |
| imperfect1 |
ruasse /ʁɥas/ |
ruasses /ʁɥas/ |
ruât /ʁɥa/ |
ruassions /ʁɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
ruassiez /ʁɥa.sje/ |
ruassent /ʁɥas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | rue /ʁy/ |
— | ruons /ʁɥɔ̃/ |
ruez /ʁɥe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||