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secouer
secouer
French
Verb
secouer
- (transitive) to shake
- (transitive) to shake off (oppression etc.)
- (transitive) to shake (emotionally, figuratively)
- (transitive) to shake up
- (reflexive, literary) to shake (oneself)
- (reflexive, colloquial) to make an effort
Conjugation
Conjugation of secouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | secouer | avoir secoué | |||||
| gerund | en secouant | en ayant secoué | |||||
| present participle | secouant /sə.kwɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | secoué /sə.kwe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | secoue /sə.ku/ |
secoues /sə.ku/ |
secoue /sə.ku/ |
secouons /sə.kwɔ̃/ |
secouez /sə.kwe/ |
secouent /sə.ku/ |
| imperfect | secouais /sə.kwɛ/ |
secouais /sə.kwɛ/ |
secouait /sə.kwɛ/ |
secouions /sə.ku.jɔ̃/ |
secouiez /sə.ku.je/ |
secouaient /sə.kwɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | secouai /sə.kwe/ |
secouas /sə.kwa/ |
secoua /sə.kwa/ |
secouâmes /sə.kwam/ |
secouâtes /sə.kwat/ |
secouèrent /sə.kwɛʁ/ |
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| future | secouerai /sə.ku.ʁe/ |
secoueras /sə.ku.ʁa/ |
secouera /sə.ku.ʁa/ |
secouerons /sə.ku.ʁɔ̃/ |
secouerez /sə.ku.ʁe/ |
secoueront /sə.ku.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | secouerais /sə.ku.ʁɛ/ |
secouerais /sə.ku.ʁɛ/ |
secouerait /sə.ku.ʁɛ/ |
secouerions /sə.ku.ʁjɔ̃/ |
secoueriez /sə.ku.ʁje/ |
secoueraient /sə.ku.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 | secoue /sə.ku/ |
secoues /sə.ku/ |
secoue /sə.ku/ |
secouions /sə.ku.jɔ̃/ |
secouiez /sə.ku.je/ |
secouent /sə.ku/ |
| imperfect1 |
secouasse /sə.kwas/ |
secouasses /sə.kwas/ |
secouât /sə.kwa/ |
secouassions /sə.kwa.sjɔ̃/ |
secouassiez /sə.kwa.sje/ |
secouassent /sə.kwas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | secoue /sə.ku/ |
— | secouons /sə.kwɔ̃/ |
secouez /sə.kwe/ |
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