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clairer
clairer
French
Verb
clairer
- (transitive) to enlighten
Conjugation
Conjugation of clairer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | clairer | avoir clairé | |||||
| gerund | en clairant | en ayant clairé | |||||
| present participle | clairant /klɛ.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | clairé /klɛ.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | claire /klɛʁ/ |
claires /klɛʁ/ |
claire /klɛʁ/ |
clairons /klɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
clairez /klɛ.ʁe/ |
clairent /klɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | clairais /klɛ.ʁɛ/ |
clairais /klɛ.ʁɛ/ |
clairait /klɛ.ʁɛ/ |
clairions /klɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
clairiez /klɛ.ʁje/ |
clairaient /klɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | clairai /klɛ.ʁe/ |
clairas /klɛ.ʁa/ |
claira /klɛ.ʁa/ |
clairâmes /klɛ.ʁam/ |
clairâtes /klɛ.ʁat/ |
clairèrent /klɛ.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | clairerai /klɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
claireras /klɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
clairera /klɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
clairerons /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
clairerez /klɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
claireront /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | clairerais /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
clairerais /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
clairerait /klɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
clairerions /klɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
claireriez /klɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
claireraient /klɛ.ʁə.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 | claire /klɛʁ/ |
claires /klɛʁ/ |
claire /klɛʁ/ |
clairions /klɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
clairiez /klɛ.ʁje/ |
clairent /klɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
clairasse /klɛ.ʁas/ |
clairasses /klɛ.ʁas/ |
clairât /klɛ.ʁa/ |
clairassions /klɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
clairassiez /klɛ.ʁa.sje/ |
clairassent /klɛ.ʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | claire /klɛʁ/ |
— | clairons /klɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
clairez /klɛ.ʁe/ |
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