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cavaler
cavaler
French
Verb
cavaler
- (obsolete) to bestride
- (colloquial) to rush about
- to be on the run
Conjugation
Conjugation of cavaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | cavaler | avoir cavalé | |||||
| gerund | en cavalant | en ayant cavalé | |||||
| present participle | cavalant /ka.va.lɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | cavalé /ka.va.le/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | cavale /ka.val/ |
cavales /ka.val/ |
cavale /ka.val/ |
cavalons /ka.va.lɔ̃/ |
cavalez /ka.va.le/ |
cavalent /ka.val/ |
| imperfect | cavalais /ka.va.lɛ/ |
cavalais /ka.va.lɛ/ |
cavalait /ka.va.lɛ/ |
cavalions /ka.va.ljɔ̃/ |
cavaliez /ka.va.lje/ |
cavalaient /ka.va.lɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | cavalai /ka.va.le/ |
cavalas /ka.va.la/ |
cavala /ka.va.la/ |
cavalâmes /ka.va.lam/ |
cavalâtes /ka.va.lat/ |
cavalèrent /ka.va.lɛʁ/ |
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| future | cavalerai /ka.val.ʁe/ |
cavaleras /ka.val.ʁa/ |
cavalera /ka.val.ʁa/ |
cavalerons /ka.val.ʁɔ̃/ |
cavalerez /ka.val.ʁe/ |
cavaleront /ka.val.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | cavalerais /ka.val.ʁɛ/ |
cavalerais /ka.val.ʁɛ/ |
cavalerait /ka.val.ʁɛ/ |
cavalerions /ka.va.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cavaleriez /ka.va.lə.ʁje/ |
cavaleraient /ka.val.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 | cavale /ka.val/ |
cavales /ka.val/ |
cavale /ka.val/ |
cavalions /ka.va.ljɔ̃/ |
cavaliez /ka.va.lje/ |
cavalent /ka.val/ |
| imperfect1 |
cavalasse /ka.va.las/ |
cavalasses /ka.va.las/ |
cavalât /ka.va.la/ |
cavalassions /ka.va.la.sjɔ̃/ |
cavalassiez /ka.va.la.sje/ |
cavalassent /ka.va.las/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | cavale /ka.val/ |
— | cavalons /ka.va.lɔ̃/ |
cavalez /ka.va.le/ |
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