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scotcher
scotcher
French
Verb
scotcher
- to apply a Scotch tape
- (figuratively) to numb, freeze
Conjugation
Conjugation of scotcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | scotcher | avoir scotché | |||||
| gerund | en scotchant | en ayant scotché | |||||
| present participle | scotchant /skɔt.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | scotché /skɔt.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
scotches /skɔtʃ/ |
scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
scotchons /skɔt.ʃɔ̃/ |
scotchez /skɔt.ʃe/ |
scotchent /skɔtʃ/ |
| imperfect | scotchais /skɔt.ʃɛ/ |
scotchais /skɔt.ʃɛ/ |
scotchait /skɔt.ʃɛ/ |
scotchions /skɔt.ʃjɔ̃/ |
scotchiez /skɔt.ʃje/ |
scotchaient /skɔt.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | scotchai /skɔt.ʃe/ |
scotchas /skɔt.ʃa/ |
scotcha /skɔt.ʃa/ |
scotchâmes /skɔt.ʃam/ |
scotchâtes /skɔt.ʃat/ |
scotchèrent /skɔt.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | scotcherai /skɔt.ʃə.ʁe/ |
scotcheras /skɔt.ʃə.ʁa/ |
scotchera /skɔt.ʃə.ʁa/ |
scotcherons /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
scotcherez /skɔt.ʃə.ʁe/ |
scotcheront /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | scotcherais /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
scotcherais /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
scotcherait /skɔt.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
scotcherions /skɔt.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
scotcheriez /skɔt.ʃə.ʁje/ |
scotcheraient /skɔt.ʃə.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 | scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
scotches /skɔtʃ/ |
scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
scotchions /skɔt.ʃjɔ̃/ |
scotchiez /skɔt.ʃje/ |
scotchent /skɔtʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
scotchasse /skɔt.ʃas/ |
scotchasses /skɔt.ʃas/ |
scotchât /skɔt.ʃa/ |
scotchassions /skɔt.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
scotchassiez /skɔt.ʃa.sje/ |
scotchassent /skɔt.ʃas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | scotche /skɔtʃ/ |
— | scotchons /skɔt.ʃɔ̃/ |
scotchez /skɔt.ʃe/ |
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