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ruisseler
ruisseler
French
Verb
ruisseler
Derived terms
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il ruissèle rather than *il ruissele. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of ruisseler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ruisseler | avoir ruisselé | |||||
| gerund | en ruisselant | en ayant ruisselé | |||||
| present participle | ruisselant /ʁɥi.slɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ruisselé /ʁɥi.sle/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ruissèle /ʁɥi.sɛl/ |
ruissèles /ʁɥi.sɛl/ |
ruissèle /ʁɥi.sɛl/ |
ruisselons /ʁɥi.slɔ̃/ |
ruisselez /ʁɥi.sle/ |
ruissèlent /ʁɥi.sɛl/ |
| imperfect | ruisselais /ʁɥi.slɛ/ |
ruisselais /ʁɥi.slɛ/ |
ruisselait /ʁɥi.slɛ/ |
ruisselions /ʁɥi.sə.ljɔ̃/ |
ruisseliez /ʁɥi.sə.lje/ |
ruisselaient /ʁɥi.slɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ruisselai /ʁɥi.sle/ |
ruisselas /ʁɥi.sla/ |
ruissela /ʁɥi.sla/ |
ruisselâmes /ʁɥi.slam/ |
ruisselâtes /ʁɥi.slat/ |
ruisselèrent /ʁɥi.slɛʁ/ |
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| future | ruissèlerai /ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁe/ |
ruissèleras /ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁa/ |
ruissèlera /ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁa/ |
ruissèlerons /ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
ruissèlerez /ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁe/ |
ruissèleront /ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ruissèlerais /ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
ruissèlerais /ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
ruissèlerait /ʁɥi.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
ruissèlerions /ʁɥi.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ruissèleriez /ʁɥi.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ |
ruissèleraient /ʁɥi.sɛl.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 | ruissèle /ʁɥi.sɛl/ |
ruissèles /ʁɥi.sɛl/ |
ruissèle /ʁɥi.sɛl/ |
ruisselions /ʁɥi.sə.ljɔ̃/ |
ruisseliez /ʁɥi.sə.lje/ |
ruissèlent /ʁɥi.sɛl/ |
| imperfect1 |
ruisselasse /ʁɥi.slas/ |
ruisselasses /ʁɥi.slas/ |
ruisselât /ʁɥi.sla/ |
ruisselassions /ʁɥi.sla.sjɔ̃/ |
ruisselassiez /ʁɥi.sla.sje/ |
ruisselassent /ʁɥi.slas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | ruissèle /ʁɥi.sɛl/ |
— | ruisselons /ʁɥi.slɔ̃/ |
ruisselez /ʁɥi.sle/ |
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