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ergoter
ergoter
French
Verb
ergoter
- (figuratively) to quibble; to argue; to contest
- (transitive) to prune a tree or plant
- (of poultry) to scratch with the dewclaw (spur)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ergoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ergoter | avoir ergoté | |||||
| gerund | en ergotant | en ayant ergoté | |||||
| present participle | ergotant /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ergoté /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ergote /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
ergotes /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
ergote /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
ergotons /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/ |
ergotez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/ |
ergotent /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
| imperfect | ergotais /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
ergotais /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
ergotait /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
ergotions /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
ergotiez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tje/ |
ergotaient /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ergotai /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/ |
ergotas /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta/ |
ergota /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta/ |
ergotâmes /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tam/ |
ergotâtes /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tat/ |
ergotèrent /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | ergoterai /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁe/ |
ergoteras /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁa/ |
ergotera /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁa/ |
ergoterons /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
ergoterez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁe/ |
ergoteront /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ergoterais /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ergoterais /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ergoterait /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
ergoterions /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ergoteriez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
ergoteraient /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | ergote /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
ergotes /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
ergote /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
ergotions /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
ergotiez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tje/ |
ergotent /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
| imperfect1 |
ergotasse /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tas/ |
ergotasses /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tas/ |
ergotât /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta/ |
ergotassions /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
ergotassiez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.ta.sje/ |
ergotassent /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | ergote /ɛʁ.ɡɔt/ |
— | ergotons /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.tɔ̃/ |
ergotez /ɛʁ.ɡɔ.te/ |
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