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Houer
houer
houer
See also: Houer
French
Verb
houer
- to hoe
Conjugation
Conjugation of houer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | houer | avoir houé | |||||
| gerund | en houant | en ayant houé | |||||
| present participle | houant /wɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | houé /we/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | houe /u/ |
houes /u/ |
houe /u/ |
houons /wɔ̃/ |
houez /we/ |
houent /u/ |
| imperfect | houais /wɛ/ |
houais /wɛ/ |
houait /wɛ/ |
houions /u.jɔ̃/ |
houiez /u.je/ |
houaient /wɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | houai /we/ |
houas /wa/ |
houa /wa/ |
houâmes /wam/ |
houâtes /wat/ |
houèrent /wɛʁ/ |
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| future | houerai /u.ʁe/ |
houeras /u.ʁa/ |
houera /u.ʁa/ |
houerons /u.ʁɔ̃/ |
houerez /u.ʁe/ |
houeront /u.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | houerais /u.ʁɛ/ |
houerais /u.ʁɛ/ |
houerait /u.ʁɛ/ |
houerions /u.ʁjɔ̃/ |
houeriez /u.ʁje/ |
houeraient /u.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 | houe /u/ |
houes /u/ |
houe /u/ |
houions /u.jɔ̃/ |
houiez /u.je/ |
houent /u/ |
| imperfect1 |
houasse /was/ |
houasses /was/ |
houât /wa/ |
houassions /wa.sjɔ̃/ |
houassiez /wa.sje/ |
houassent /was/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | houe /u/ |
— | houons /wɔ̃/ |
houez /we/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Verb
houer
- to hoe
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of houer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | houer | avoir houé | |||||
| gerund | en houant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | houant | ||||||
| past participle | houé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | houe | houes | houe | houons | houez | houent |
| imperfect | houois, houoys | houois, houoys | houoit, houoyt | houions, houyons | houiez, houyez | houoient, houoyent | |
| past historic | houa | houas | houa | houasmes | houastes | houerent | |
| future | houerai, houeray | houeras | houera | houerons | houerez | houeront | |
| conditional | houerois, houeroys | houerois, houeroys | houeroit, houeroyt | houerions, houeryons | houeriez, houeryez | houeroient, houeroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | houe | houes | houe | houons | houez | houent |
| imperfect | houasse | houasses | houast | houassions | houassiez | houassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | houe | — | houons | houez | — | ||