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siffler
siffler
French
Verb
siffler
- (transitive, intransitive) to whistle
- Elle siffle un air bizarre.
- She's whistling a strange tune.
- Elle siffle un air bizarre.
- (transitive) to whistle for, to blow on a whistle for
- L'arbitre a sifflé la mi-temps.
- The referee blew the whistle for half-time.
- L'arbitre a sifflé la mi-temps.
- (transitive) to boo by whistling (to show one's disapproval at something)
- (intransitive, of snakes) to hiss
- (transitive) to knock back (a drink), to down
Conjugation
Conjugation of siffler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | siffler | avoir sifflé | |||||
| gerund | en sifflant | en ayant sifflé | |||||
| present participle | sifflant /si.flɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | sifflé /si.fle/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | siffle /sifl/ |
siffles /sifl/ |
siffle /sifl/ |
sifflons /si.flɔ̃/ |
sifflez /si.fle/ |
sifflent /sifl/ |
| imperfect | sifflais /si.flɛ/ |
sifflais /si.flɛ/ |
sifflait /si.flɛ/ |
sifflions /si.fli.jɔ̃/ |
siffliez /si.fli.je/ |
sifflaient /si.flɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | sifflai /si.fle/ |
sifflas /si.fla/ |
siffla /si.fla/ |
sifflâmes /si.flam/ |
sifflâtes /si.flat/ |
sifflèrent /si.flɛʁ/ |
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| future | sifflerai /si.flə.ʁe/ |
siffleras /si.flə.ʁa/ |
sifflera /si.flə.ʁa/ |
sifflerons /si.flə.ʁɔ̃/ |
sifflerez /si.flə.ʁe/ |
siffleront /si.flə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | sifflerais /si.flə.ʁɛ/ |
sifflerais /si.flə.ʁɛ/ |
sifflerait /si.flə.ʁɛ/ |
sifflerions /si.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
siffleriez /si.flə.ʁje/ |
siffleraient /si.flə.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 | siffle /sifl/ |
siffles /sifl/ |
siffle /sifl/ |
sifflions /si.fli.jɔ̃/ |
siffliez /si.fli.je/ |
sifflent /sifl/ |
| imperfect1 |
sifflasse /si.flas/ |
sifflasses /si.flas/ |
sifflât /si.fla/ |
sifflassions /si.fla.sjɔ̃/ |
sifflassiez /si.fla.sje/ |
sifflassent /si.flas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | siffle /sifl/ |
— | sifflons /si.flɔ̃/ |
sifflez /si.fle/ |
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